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Kingston upon Thames 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1955 TABLE V
| CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4- 5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & ofer | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to Hosp. | Under 1 year | 1 - 2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 35 | 35-45 | 45 - 65 | 65 & oyer | Total | |
| Scarlet Fever. | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever including Para-Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis; Para-typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | —c | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Infective Encphalitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 50 | 14 | — | — | 72 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum.. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | _——— | _ | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | —-— | —- | — | — | — | — | — | ——— | — | — | — |
| measles | 3 | 13 | 22 | 2 7 | 25 | 68 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whopping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 4 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 92 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 307 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 20 | 21 |