Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | ||||||||||
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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 |