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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS
Under 1 year12345-910-1415-2425-2445-6465 and overTotals
Acute encephalitis--------1--1
Acute meningitis2----------2
Acute poliomyelitis----------¡ª-
Anthrax---------¡ª¡ª¡ª
Cholera---------¡ª¡ª¡ª
Diphtheria---------¡ª¡ª¡ª
Dysentery5117121351104164-133
Food poisoning3212-42553128
Infective jaundice--17255191052
Leprosy-----------56
Leptospirosis-----------¡ª
Malaria-----------¡ª
Measles35741029010121818136--¡ª
Ophthalmia neonatorum2--------1-658
Paratyphoid fever----------2
Plague-----------¡ª
Relapsing fever----------¡ª¡ª
Scarlet fever1367123911122--93
Smallpox------------
Tetanus-----------¡ª
Tuberculosis-211222234139--¡ª
Typhoid fever-------¡ö--14127
Typhus-------l-¡ª¡ª1
Whooping cough918161820369-41--
Yellow fever-----------131
Erysipelas*-------242¡ª¡ª
Pneumonia, acute influenzal*1-1----1-2¡ª8 14
Pneumonia, acute primary*-1---11-1139
Puerperal pyrexia*------¡ª13-522 4
Totals5811113513715035658819370311,280

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*These diseases ceased to be notifiable on 1st October 1968.