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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

Wimbledon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE A.— NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1937.

TABLE A.— NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1937.

DISEASENumber of Cases Notified in Various Age GroupsTotal Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
Under 11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 and over.
Smallpox..........................................
Scarlet Fever...114518122921...5550
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...4133326443......6059
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)..................1...111...43
Puerperal Fever........................2.........22
Puerperal Pyrexia........................32......52
Acute Primary Pneumonia......3......1...11488262
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia........................238720...
Cerebro-Spinal Fever..........................................
Acute Poliomyelitis.....................1............11
Acute Polio-encephalitis..........................................
Encephalitis Lethargica..............................1...1...
Dysentery......2...22113333201
Malaria..........................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3.................................3...
Erysipelas........................21113177
Tuberculosis (all forms)......11...43341191359050
Totals35881057231268384626304177