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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| 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 and upwards | Alexandra-Bowes | Town Hall | Noel Park | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 66 | — | 11 | 42 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 21 | 22 | 28 | — | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 44 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 26 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 64 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 5 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 778 | 13 | 350 | 402 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 251 | 289 | 238 | 18 | — | |
| Pertussis (Whooping Cough) | 202 | 7 | - 82 | 104 | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 57 | 61 | 84 | 14 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Dysentery | 51 | — | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 5 | — | |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | |||
| Totals | 1,232 | 23 | 454 | 568 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 400 | 429 | 403 | 99 | 35 |