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Wimbledon 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1961
| Wimbledon | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||
| Notifications:— (Corrected) | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.52 | 0.43 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | - | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Measles | 17.38 | 16.53 |
| Pneumonia | 0.22 | 0.39 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis- | ||
| Paralytic | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Non-paralytic | - | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 0.16 |
| Dysentery | 0.01 | 0.44 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Tuberculosis- | ||
| Pulmonary | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| Non-pulmonary | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8.80* | 10.17* |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
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