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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1971
| 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 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Encephalitis (Acute) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 11 |
| Infective Jaundice | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 30 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 10 | 31 | 24 | 47 | 39 | 140 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 306 |
| Meningitis (Acute) | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| Total | 13 | 36 | 29 | 59 | 51 | 161 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | — | 419 |