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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1961
| DISEASE | Number of cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 27 | 72 | 126 | 119 | 107 | 486 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 980 | 14 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | 27 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8* | - |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 32 | 76 | 130 | 125 | 113 | 512 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 1064 | 32 | 1 |
* These 8 patients were already in hospital*