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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 4
| 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 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — c | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | — | 5 | 11 | — | — | 60 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 59 |
| infective jaundice | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Measles | 41 | 67 | 71 | 80 | 86 | 201 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 559 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 35 | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 97 |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 68 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 60 | 92 | 90 | 101 | 106 | 278 | 18 | 43 | 73 | 31 | 27 | 919 |