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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 1969
[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 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 |