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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
Hornchurch 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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AGE GROUPS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) NOTIFIED IN 1948.
| DISEASE. | At all Ages. | At the Ages Specified — Years. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 5–10 | 10–15 | 15–25 | 25–45 | 45–65 | 65 & Over | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 58 | 58 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 50 | 71 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 59 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 23 | 13 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 292 | 293 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 152 | 155 | 7 | 6 | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 158 | 149 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 605 | 599 | 28 | 23 | 119 | 88 | 120 | 124 | 273 | 301 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 |