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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Ages of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified
DISEASE | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5/9 | 10/ 14 | 15/ 24 | 25/ 34 | 35/ 44 | 45/ 64 | 65 + |
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Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis : | ||||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 2 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — |
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||
Infective | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — |
Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — |
Tuberculosis : | ||||||||||||
Respiratory | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Meninges & C.N.S. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 9 | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
TOTALS | 4 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 70 | 13 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years:—
Year | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
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Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
1955 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1956 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
1957 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
1958 | 19 | 10 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
1959 | 14 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
1960 | 15 | 10 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
1961 | 19 | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
1962 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
1963 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
1964 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |