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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1—2 | 3-4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25-44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | |
| Anthrax | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 19 | 15 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | — | 105 |
| Encephalitis, Acute | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Measles | 134 | 849 | 757 | 894 | 37 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 | 2,698 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: Acute Influenzal | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
| „ Acute Primary | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 51 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 11 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 65 |
| Smallpox | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 46 | 18 | 140 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 228 |
| Total | 169 | 958 | 861 | 1,038 | 63 | 58 | 83 | 72 | 42 | 3,344 |