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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1972
| 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 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| Encephalitis (Acute) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | 50 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Measles | 7 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 161 |
| Meningitis (Acute) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | - | 31 |
| Non Pulmonary Tuberculoses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 92 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 10 | - | 314 |