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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE II
INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS
| Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Enteric Pever | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Pertussis | Poliomyelitis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | |
| 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 | - | - | - | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 434 | - | 127 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 1952 | - | - | 93 | - | - | - | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 449 | - | 89 | - | 3 | - |
| 1953 | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | 64 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 778 | - | 202 | - | 6 | 2 |
| 1954 | - | - | 61 | - | - | - | 73 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 29 | - | 80 | - | 1 | - |
| 1955 | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | 51 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 635 | - | 28 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1956 | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 27 | - | 37 | 5 | - | |
/N- Notifications
*D- Deaths
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