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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1970
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases Notified | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Encephalitis (Acute) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 |
| Infective Jaundice | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 37 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Measles | 9 | 39 | 31 | 42 | 59 | 185 | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 380 |
| Meningitis (Acute) | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 48 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 17 |
| Total | 14 | 44 | 36 | 48 | 67 | 210 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 6 | — | 509 |