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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 1954
[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 | - | 7 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 49 | 22 | - |
| Measles | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 74 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| „ „ (Non-paralytic) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 3† | - |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 19* |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 3 | 32 | 50 | 70 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 200 | 36 | 21 |
* All Forms.
† These 3 patients were already in hospital.