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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
Wood Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table VI Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1937.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Oases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | At Ages — Years. | Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 15 to 20 years. | 20 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years. | 65 and upwards | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 72 | — | 15 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 23 | 30 | 64 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 46 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 7 | 20 | 19 | 45 | 3 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 33 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 49 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 65 | 24 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 249 | 9 | 22 | 50 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 81 | 100 | 215 | 68 |