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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: TABLE IIIInfectious Diseases Notified during the year 1955

TABLE III

Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1955

Notifiable DiseaseCases Notified in Whole BoroughTotal Cases Notified in each WardTotal Cases removed to Hospital or SanatoriumTotal Deaths
All AgesAt Ages - Years
Under 1 year1 to 5 years5 to 10 years10 to 15 years15 to 20 years20 to 25 years25 to 35 years35 to 45 years45 to 55 years55 to 65 years65 and upwardsAlexandra BowesTown HallNoel Park
Scarlet Fever26110105-------118715-
Diphtheria-----------------
Cerebro-Spinal Fever11----------1--1-
Enteric Fever-----------------
Para-typhoid Fever2--2--------2--2-
Erysipelas2---------11-11--
Pneumonia361-21-31947811916221
Acute Poliomyelitis4111-1------2-24-
Polio encephalitis1--1------~--1-1-
Puerperal Pyrexia-----------------
Pulm. Tuberculosis51-113512710462162015256
Non Pulm Tuberculosis5-----2111--21221
Malaria--------------~--
Measles6351024437051311---20519123918-
Whooping Cough283169--------6101231
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-----------~-----
Dysentery .34-85413423131210126-
Food Poisoning271121217621351572-
Totals8521828140319102421291416172732663138129