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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
Merton and Morden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXXII.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis)
by Age Groups during the year 1938.
| Disease. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED. | Total Cases at all Ages. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 87 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | 161 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 28 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 10 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 | – | 42 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | –_ | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Erysipelas | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 111 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 276 |