Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVI.
Disease | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED | Total cases at all ages | |||||||||||
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Under 1 yr. | 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 | — | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 76 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 137 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | _ | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | -_ | -_ | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | —0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | __ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 |
Acute Polio-Encephalitis | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | - | — | — | —_ | — | —_ | —_ | - | —_ | — | — | — | — |
Dysentery | - | — | — | — | 1 | -_ | —_ | — | —_ | — | — | — | |
Malaria | - | — | — | -_ | — | -_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | — | 2 | l | 7 | 3 | 13 |
Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | —_ | —_ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 6 | 29 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 159 | 19 | 21 | 5 | — | 4 | — | 347 |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 232 |
Totals | 28 | 66 | 70 | 79 | 70 | 343 | 56 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 17 | 847 |