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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Notifiable Diseases during 1946.
| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 5 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 37 | 31 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | 10 | 7 |
| Measles | 10 | 57 | 98 | 155 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 339 | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 114 | 4 |
| Acute Primary or Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 2 |
| Cerebro - Spinal Fever | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| Malaria (Relapse) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 7 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 31 | 95 | 136 | 205 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 572 | 90 |