London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
This page requires JavaScript
Table IV.
Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1948.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||||||||||||||
| All Ages. | 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 & upwards. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 69 | — | 12 | 40 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 35 | 20 | 14 | 42 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 15 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 65 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 41 | 21 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 408 | 19 | 193 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 171 | 102 | 135 | 15 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 174 | 21 | 96 | 55 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 83 | 35 | 56 | 10 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 762 | 43 | 307 | 293 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 344 | 190 | 228 | 125 | 48 |