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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE PERIOD 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1970
| Disease | Under 5 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 - 64 | 65 or over Aae unknown | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 32 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | 13 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 23 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 122 | 88 | 86 | 81 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 213 | 174 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 35 | 39 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | _ | 15 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | - | - | - | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 13 | 9 | 8 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 |