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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 17 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 96 | 23 | - |
| Measles | 13 | 189 | 233 | 423 | 18 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 896 | 3 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 33 | 60 | 70 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 183 | 1 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| „ „ (Non-paralytic) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | - | -_ | 22 | †21 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 19 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | - | *29 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 27 | 228 | 314 | 572 | 39 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 11 | 1267 | 60 | 30 |
* All Forms.
These 21 patients were already in hospital.