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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TABLE II
INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Pertussis | Polio myelitis | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
†N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | †N | *D | |
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 | - | - | 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 | - | |
1957 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 876 | - | 95 | - | 6 | - |
1958 | - | - | 77 | - | 1 | - | 29 | 5 | 3 | - | 421 | - | 40 | - | 2 | 1 |
1959 | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | 30 | 1 | 3 | - | 169 | - | 16 | - | 7 | 1 |
1960 | - | - | 38 | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | 3 | - | 21 | - | 72 | - | - | - |
1961 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 763 | - | 13 | - | - | - |
1962 | - | - | 21 | - | - | 4 | 21 | - | 3 | 1 | 232 | - | 16 | - | - | - |
1963 | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 23 | - | 2 | - | 429 | - | 77 | - | - | - |
†N Notifications *D - Deaths |