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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
Hendon 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE VIII. AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| Disease. | Age Groups. | TOTALS. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5- | -9. | 10—14. | 15—24. | 25 & over. | Age not known. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 78 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 216 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 16 | 50 | 64 | 61 | 72 | 104 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 508 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis: | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Non-Paralytic Measles | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 69 | 67 | 113 | 89 | 235 | 242 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 867 | |
| TOTALS | 28 | 21 | 130 | 138 | 194 | 181 | 419 | 405 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1609 |