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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
Ealing 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Table 1
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES CLASSIFIED IN AGE GROUPS
| Numbers originally notified | Scarlet Fever | Whooping-cough | Measles | Dysentery | Acute Meningitis | Malaria | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 66 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 381 | 341 | 75 | 66 | 4 | - | 5 | - | |
| Final numbers after correction | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 3 | - | 8 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | _ | - | _ | - |
| 1 - | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 38 | 48 | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 2 - | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 51 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 - | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 50 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 - | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 72 | 59 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 126 | 112 | 10 | 11 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| 10 - 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 3 | - |
| 15 - 24 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 25 and over | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 32 | 25 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Age unknown | " | 1 | 1 | ¡" | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 66 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 381 | 341 | 75 | 65 | 4 | - | 5 | - |