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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1962
| DISEASE | Number of cases Notified in Various Age Groups | 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 | 25 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 122 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 4* | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 163 | 6 | - |
| * These 4 patients were already in hospital | ||||||||||||