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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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Table: TABLE XVI.Notification of Infectious Diseases(other than Tuberculosis)by Age Groups during the year 1946.

TABLE XVI.

Notification of Infectious Diseases(other than Tuberculosis)by Age Groups during the year 1946.

DiseaseTOTAL CASES NOTIFIED.Total Cases at all Ages
Under 1 yr.1-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2525-3535-4545-6565 and over
Smallpox-------------
Scarlet Fever-15657026626--127
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)--1--223-1--9
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)-------------
Puerperal Pyrexia-------181--10
Acute Primary Pneumonia431--7152311542
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia12---214536428
Cerebro-S pinal Meningitis11----------2
Poliomyelitis1----1------2
Acute Polio-Ence-phalitis-------------
Encephalitis Lethargica-------------
Dysentery----13---2--6
Malaria--------1---1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum6-----------6
Erysipelas---------17210
Plague-------------
Relapsing Fever--------
Typhus Fever-------------
Measles1753666376239103233-535
Whooping Cough2016384136798311--238
Totals50761111101184034325212127111016