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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases Notified | Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under I Year | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65 and Over | Age not known | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | 19 | |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 36 | 79 | 115 | 131 | 116 | 382 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 888 | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 12 | 9 | - | 32 | 150 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 76 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | - | |
| Totals | 47 | 88 | 143 | 152 | 134 | 445 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1114 | 151 | |