Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |||||||||||
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Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Totals | |
Acute encephalitis | _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Acute meningitis | —_ | 1 | _— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
Acute poliomyelitis | _— | — | _— | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ |
Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dysentery | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 2 | i | 120 |
Food poisoning | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | —_ | 6 | — | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 46 |
Infective jaundice | 1 | _ | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
Leprosy | _ | _ | _ | _— | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Leptospirosis | _ | _ | _ | _— | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malaria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _— | —_ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Measles | 74 | 189 | 246 | 239 | 240 | 530 | 30 | 13 | 1 | _— | —_ | 1562 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet fever | — | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 70 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tetanus | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis | — | _— | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 94 |
Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Typhus | — | — | — | _ | _ | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping cough | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Totals | 108 | 214 | 269 | 283 | 274 | 627 | 48 | 67 | 70 | 31 | 22 | 2,013 |