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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table "A" — Notifiable Diseases during 1945.
| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 46 | 32 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Measles | 21 | 52 | 51 | 73 | 72 | 271 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 586 | 26 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 54 | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 17 | — |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 18 | 4 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 60 |
| TOTALS | 43 | 59 | 69 | 91 | 91 | 326 | 34 | 21 | 79 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 876 | 156 |