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Sutton 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Infectious Diseases Notified During The Period 1st January to 31st December, 1969.
| 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 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 10 |
| ENCEPHALITIS | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| FOOD POISONING | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| INFECTIVE JAUNDICE | 1 | - | l | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| MALARIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEASLES | 101 | 103 | 87 | 66 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 195 | 174 |
| MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PARATYPHOID | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • - | - | - |
| POLIOMYELITIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SCARLET FEVER | 10 | 10 | 35 | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 46 | 39 |
| SMALLPOX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 |
| TUBERCULOSIS (Pulmonary) | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 10 | |
| TUBERCULOSIS (Non Pulmonary) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| WHOOPING COUGH | 6 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 |