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Wood Green 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table IV.
Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1949
| 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 | 71 | — | 21 | 43 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 24 | 26 | 57 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | -- | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 19 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 39 | 19 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 678 | 15 | 358 | 296 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 257 | 196 | 225 | 25 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 46 | 2 | 32 | 8 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 11 | 16 | 7 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 911 | 18 | 415 | 350 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 340 | 271 | 300 | 149 | 53 |