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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1963
| 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 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| Measles | 19 | 57 | 73 | 81 | 92 | 301 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 650 | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough. | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | - | - | - | 23 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 10 | *10 | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 22 | 57 | 82 | 86 | 103 | 347 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 763 | 21 | - |
* These 10 patients Mere already in hospital
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