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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
Kingston upon Thames 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1946.
| DISEASE | CASES | DEATHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 yr. | 1-2 | 2 - 3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10 - 15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 35 | 35-45 | 45 - 65 | 65 & over | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Under 1 yr. | : 1 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | : 10 - 15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 35 | 35 - 45 | 45 - 65 | 65 & over | Total | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | 2 | - | 13 | 14 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 34 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | 8 | - | - | 41 | 41* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 18 | 28 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B.Dysenteria (Sonne) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 9 | 18 | 44 | 39 | 37 | 123 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 283 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 67 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
* of these, 39 were notified from hospital.
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