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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| AGE GROUP | DISEASE | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Measles | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 Year | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1—Year | — | — | 13 | 13 | 77 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 2—Years | 2 | — | 6 | 11 | 82 | 85 | 8 | 5 | — | — |
| 3—Years | — | 1 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4—Years | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 125 | 117 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 5—9 Years | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 318 | 321 | 45 | 24 | — | — |
| 10—14 Years | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 50 | 10 | — | — |
| 15—24 Years | 1 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 18 | 81 | 7 | — | — |
| 25 and over | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 32 | - | — |
| TOTAL | 12 | 10 | 64 | 70 | 771 | 720 | 226 | 91 | 3 | 1 |
| AGE GROUP | Pneumonia | Erysipelas | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Paratyphoid Fever | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | F | M | F | ||
| Under 5 Years | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 5—15 Years | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | - | |
| 15—44 Years | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 5 | 72 | — | 1 | |
| 45—64 Years | 10 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| 65 and over | 9 | 21 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| TOTAL | 27 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 72 | — | 1 | |