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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 1968
[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 1 Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65 and Over | Age not known | |||
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 8 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 37 | - |
| Encephalitis (Acute) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | - | 30 | - |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | 49 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 11 | 33 | 25 | 37 | 47 | 86 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 262 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | - | 35 | 190 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 54 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Totals | 19 | 42 | 41 | 62 | 55 | 151 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 47 | - | 536 | 191 |