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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 1951

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

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Table: TABLE XII.Notification of Infectious Diseases(other than Tuberculosis)by age groups during the year 1951.

TABLE XII.

Notification of Infectious Diseases(other than Tuberculosis)by age groups during the year 1951.

DiseaseTOTAL CASES NOTIFIEDTotal cases at all ages
Under 1 year1-23-45-910-14 j15-2425-3435-4445-6465 and over
Smallpox-----------
Scarlet Fever1635993731--155
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup-1--------1
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid-------1--1
Puerperal Pyrexia-----42---6
Acute Primary Pneumonia-2-3347714444
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia1141148262167
Meningococcal Infection------1-1-2
Poliomyelitis: —
Paralytic-1--------1
Non-Paralytic-----------
Dysentery1445-23-2122
Malaria-----------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2---------2
Erysipelas-----1--5410
Food Poisoning----1-123-7
Relapsing Fever-----------
Typhus Fever-----------
Measles3226140549013751--1214
Whooping Cough21691211625282--390
Totals583455697592628342251301922