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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XII.
| Disease | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED | Total cases at all ages | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 8 | 19 | 103 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 146 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 16 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 20 | 5 | — | — | 41 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 49 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis : — Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | |
| Non—Paralytic | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 12 | |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 22 | 226 | 348 | 632 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1260 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 73 | 114 | 195 | 11 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 414 |
| Totals ... | 41 | 312 | 490 | 960 | 46 | 38 | 37 | 17 | 41 | 27 | 2009 |