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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
Feltham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Scarlet Fever | 11 | — | — |
| Ac. Encephalitis | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 5 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — |
Table III
| Age Periods | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scarlet Fever | Measles | Acute Poliomyelitis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | ||||
| Under 1 year | — | — | 30 | 1 | — | — |
| 1-2 years | — | — | 175 | 1 | — | — |
| 3-4 years | — | 5 | 196 | 4 | — | — |
| 5-9 years | — | 6 | 372 | 8 | — | — |
| 10-14 years | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 15-24 years | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 25 and over | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | ||||||
| Total | — | 11 | 783 | 15 | — | — |
Table III
| Dysentery | Food Poisoning | Meningococcal infection | Pneumonia | Erysipelas | Puerperal Pyrexia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years . | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5-14 years | 2 | |||||
| 15-44 years | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 45-64 years | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and over | ||||||
| Age unknown | ||||||
| Total | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Table IV
| Age Periods | New cases | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |
| Under 5 years | 1 | — | — | — |
| 5-14 years | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15-24 years | 1 | 1 | _ | _ |
| 25-44 years | 6 | 1 | _ | _ |
| 45-64 years | 5 | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Over 65 years | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 1 | — |