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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Notifiable diseases during 1959.
| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | 25 and over | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 18 | — | — | 74 | 12 | - | |
| Measles | 10 | 32 | 73 | 69 | 85 | 324 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 627 | — | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10* | - | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | — | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | =- | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | =- | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenza) | - | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | 18 | 4 | - | |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Infective | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | -— | — | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| TOTALS | 11 | 35 | 81 | 75 | 94 | 376 | 48 | 11 | 31 | 762 | 36 | — | |
* These 10 patients were already in hospital