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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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table ix age distribution
| Disease | Under 1 year | 1-2 years | 3-4 years | 5-9 years | Age Groups | 25 years and over | Age not known | total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 - 14 years | 15 - 24 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F, | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 108 |
| - | - | 7 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 196 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Para lytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1* | - | - | 30 | |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | 25 |
| Measles | 16 | 15 | 139 | 177 | 265 | 233 | 521 | 504 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1,952 |
| total | 25 | 26 | 158 | 205 | 319 | 268 | 598 | 586 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2,311 |
* One case notified as meningococcal infection was subsequently diagnosed as paralytic poliomyelitis,
| Disease | Under 5 years | 5-14 years | Age Groups | 65 years and over | Age not known | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-44 years | 45-64 years | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M, | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 110 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| Dysentery | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | -- | - | 21 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 109 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Malaria (Contracted abroad) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| total | 24 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 138 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 1 | - | 320 |