London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wandsworth 1972

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

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TABLE 5

Age groupsPrimary notificationsDeaths
PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryPulmonaryNon-pulmonary
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Under 1 year11
1-4
5-9
10-141
15-245711
25-441614281
45-642410171613
65 and over8316221
Totals54356167844

Tuberculosis - epidemiological investigations
During the year, investigations were undertaken at two
educational establishments in Wandsworth, details of which
will be found in the School Health Section of this Report.
Typhoid fever
During the year three cases were reported and investigated.
The first case involved a woman aged 25 years who had been
on holiday in Italy and who was taken ill two days after her
return to this country.
The second case occurred in an immigrant aged 25 who became
ill whilst flying to this country from Pakistan and who was
admitted to hospital two days after arrival.
The third case - a 31 year old man - became ill four days
after arriving home from a holiday in Morocco.
Each of the patients involved was deemed to have been
infected abroad and all made a full recovery.
Whooping cough
There was again a considerable decrease in the number of
cases reported, 16 compared with 68 cases in 1971.