London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| 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 | — | 2 | 13 | 52 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 76 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | - | — | 14 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 31 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | I | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 48 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis: — | |||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 13 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Food Poisoning | — | ' — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | II |
| Relapsing; Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 20 | 8 | 41 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 74 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 16 | 33 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 96 |
| Totals | 14 | 41 | 58 | 139 | 16 | 23 | 18 | !4 | 47 | 17 | 387 |