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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 6
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-65 | Uver 65 | ||
| Acute encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute meningitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 7 | — | 142 |
| Food poisoning | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 49 |
| Infective jaundice | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | — | 35 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Measles | 33 | 56 | 58 | 79 | 65 | 270 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 568 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 21 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 31 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 14 | 40 | 42 | 12 | 111 |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 6 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 51 | 64 | 75 | 99 | 81 | 361 | 21 | 48 | 97 | 58 | 20 | 975 |