London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wimbledon 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Notifiable Diseases during 1948.

DISEASENumber of Cases Notified in Various Age GroupsTotal Cases NotifiedTotal Cases removed to Hospital
Under 11-33-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 and over
Smallpox———————————
Scarlet Fever—82052726——9560
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)---2—11——44
Puerperal Pyrexia—————32——52
Measles231131242005862—48112
Whooping Cough19577870313——2318
Acute Primary or Influenzal Pneumonia12—3——225151
Cerebro-Spinal Fever—2———1———33
Acute Poliomyelitis————11———29
Polioencephalitis————1—1——21
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2————————2—
Erysipelas——————11—2—
Paratyphoid Fever———————1—11
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica—————1———11
Food Poisoning1—1——111—51
TOTALS461822233271719237584996

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*Non-civilian.