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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 1 | — | 163 |
| Food poisoning | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 54 |
| Infective jaundice | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 104 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | __ | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 49 | 121 | 132 | 151 | 161 | 447 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 1,090 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid fever | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 98 |
| Typhoid fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 15 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 98 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 223 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 81 | 158 | 184 | 206 | 204 | 658 | 53 | 62 | 108 | 38 | 27 | 1,77 9 |