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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

Richmond upon Thames 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: AGE DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1938.

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1938.

Total Cases Notified.Total Deaths.
Under 1 year122-33-44—55-1010-1515 2020—3535—4545—6565 and over.Under 1 yeari 1-22—33—44-55-1010-1515—2020-3535 4545—6565 and over.
Smallpox........................................................................
Scarlet Fever.........431663712.......................................
Diphtheria...11......144111..........................................
Enteric Fever..............................1.......................................
Puerperal Pyrexia........................102..........................................
Pneumonia22.........4...24...22........................133...
Cerebro-Spinal Fever...1..................................................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2.....................................................................
Erysipelas...........................31.......................................
Undulant Fever...........................1..........................................
Total4414334106241062...1..................1335