Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet | Fever | Enteric Fever | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Pertussis | Poliomyelitis | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
†N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | |
1929 | 128 | 2 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 38 | 7 | 5 | — | _ | — | 10 | _ | _ |
1930 | 97 | 4 | 234 | — | 2 | _ | 55 | 42 | 14 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — |
1931 | 39 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 1 | _ | 58 | 35 | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | — | 3 | _ | _ |
1932 | 33 | 1 | 110 | — | 3 | — | 41 | 37 | 15 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — |
1933 | 24 | 1 | 192 | _ | _ | _ | 57 | 26 | 9 | 6 | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 | _ |
1934 | 31 | 3 | 292 | _ | 1 | _ | 56 | 32 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | _ |
1935 | 39 | 4 | 201 | 1 | 4 | _ | 47 | 23 | 5 | 1 | — | _ | — | 1 | _ | |
1936 | 99 | 12 | 98 | — | 5 | — | 51 | 46 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | _ |
1937 | 46 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 2 | — | 49 | 24 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | _ |
1938 | 63 | 2 | 92 | _ | 1 | _ | 59 | 21 | 10 | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | _ |
1939 | 24 | 1 | 63 | _ | _ | _ | 45 | 26 | 6 | 2 | — | _ | — | 1 | 2 | — |
1940 | 26 | — | 61 | _ | 7 | — | 55 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 89 | _ | 24 | 2 | — | |
1941 | 42 | — | 51 | — | 2 | — | 57 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 401 | 2 | 192 | 1 | 1 | _ |
1942 | 22 | — | 87 | — | — | — | 69 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 361 | 2 | 95 | 1 | 1 | — |
1943 | 26 | _ | 155 | _ | _ | _ | 43 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 356 | _ | 106 | 1 | _ | — |
1944 | 9 | _ | 51 | _ | _ | _ | 44 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 232 | _ | 134 | 1 | 1 | — |
1945 | 2 | _ | 62 | _ | 2 | _ | 56 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 172 | __ | 117 | — | 2 | — |
1946 | 7 | _ | 73 | _ | 1 | _ | 76 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 346 | 89 | — | 1 | ||
1947 | 10 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 52 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 410 | 2 | 171 | — | 2 | — |
1948 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | 65 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 408 | — | 174 | — | 5 | 1 |
1949 | — | — | 71 | — | 2 | — | 68 | 19 | 9 | — | 678 | — | 46 | _ | 6 | 1 |
1950 | _ | _ | 99 | _ | 1 | _ | 57 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 421 | _ | 376 | 1 | 4 | — |
1951 | — | — | 196 | — | 1 | _ | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 434 | _ | 127 | 1 | 1 | — |
1952 1953 | _ | — | 93 66 | — | — | — | 36 64 | 5 5 | 4 7 | 1 2 | 449 778 | — | 89 202 | — | 3 6 | 2 |
N = Notifications. *D = Deaths.