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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
Sutton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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(a) Infectious Diseases notified during the period 1st January to 31st December, 1966
| Disease | Under 5 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 or over | age unknown | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Diphtheria | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Dysentery | 20 (14) | 19 (6) | 36(28) | 23 (21) | 7 (5) | 11 3 | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1(3) | 1 (1) | 64 (50) | 54 (31) |
| Encephalitis | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Erysipelas | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (1) | - (1) | -(-) | - (-) | 1 (2) | - (1) |
| Food Poisoning | 1 (-) | 3 (1) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 2 (1) | 3 (l) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) | -(-) | - (1) | 4 (2) | 7 (3) |
| Malaria | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Measles | 229(169) | 228(166) | 203(91) | 133(117) | 1 (4) | 5 (3) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 5(-) | 2 (-) | 438(264) | 368(286) |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | -(-) | - (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (1) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Paratyphoid | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 2 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (1) | - (-) | 2 (1) | - (1) |
| Pneumonia | - (1) | - (-) | 3 (-) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (-) | 2 (1) | 1 (-) | 2 (1) | 4 (3) | -(-) | - (-) | 8 (4) | 7 (5) |
| Poliomyelitis | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | -(-) | -(-) | 93(87) | - (-) | 93 (87) |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 (12) | 9 (13) | 16(33) | 18 (23) | - (2) | - (3) | - (-) | — (-) | — (-) | — (-) | —(—) | - (-) | 22 (47) | 27 (39) |
| Smallpox | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Typhoid | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Tuberculosis (pulmonary) | - (-) | 1 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 11(12) | 7 (8) | 2(10) | 4 (2) | 3 (4) | 2 (1) | 1(-) | - (-) | 17 (26) | 14 (12) |
| Tuberculosis (Non Pulmonary) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) | - (-) |
| Whooping Cough | 7 (7) | 2 (4) | 8 (5) | 3 (6) | 2 (-) | 2 (1) | - (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 17 (13) | 7 (11) |
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE