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 1954
[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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | At Ages - Years | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 37 | 12 | 12 | 18 | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 45 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 30 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Polio encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 73 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 6 | |
| Non Pulm. Tuberculosis | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 29 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 80 | 3 | 33 | 41 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 25 | 27 | 5 | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dysentery | 41 | – | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | – | |
| Food Poisoning | 24 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | – |
| Totals | 365 | 9 | 66 | 108 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 170 | 96 | 99 | 81 | 37 |