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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, 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 | - | 1 | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 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 |