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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
Hornsey 1947
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending 31st December, 1947
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES Corrected Notifications during 1947 (By age and Sex)
| AGE | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Ac. Poliomyelitis | Ac. Polioencephalitis | Measles | Diphtheria | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 0-1 | _ | 1 | 20 | 9 | _ | — | — | — | 14 | 11 | — | _ | |||||||||||||||
| 1-3 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 70 | 64 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 3-5 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 28 | — | 1 | — | — | 65 | 73 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 5-10 | 34 | 32 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 115 | 95 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 10-15 | 9 | 31 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 15-25 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 25— | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 74 | 94 | 123 | 104 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 279 | 263 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 168 | 227 | 13 | 1 | 542 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGE | Ac. Pneumonia | Dysentery | Paratyphoid Fevers | Erysipelas | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Opthalmia Neonatorum | Malaria (contracted abroad) | |||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||||
| 0-5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | |||||||||||
| 5-15 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 15-45 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | |||||||||||
| 45-65 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 65— | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 6 | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 49 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||