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
Wood Green 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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T able IV.
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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. | Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 99 | — | 27 | 67 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 41 | 32 | 55 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 19 | - | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | ||
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 57 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 10 | |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 421 | 8 | 211 | 198 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 96 | 172 | 153 | 14 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 376 | 19 | 198 | 152 | 4 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 121 | 120 | 135 | 19 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 16 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 1010 | 27 | 443 | 424 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 289 | 367 | 354 | 131 | 40 |