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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 27.
Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups. | |||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 3 years. | 3 and under 4 years. | 4 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 10 years. | 10 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 20 years. | 20 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and over. | ||
Diphtheria | 195 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 44 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 440 | 1 | 48 | 56 | 187 | 60 | 46 | 17 | .. | ... | ||||
Enteric Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
Pneumonia | 354 | 36 | 38 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 30 | ||
Malaria | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | ||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Encephalitis Lethargica | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | |||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Poliomyelitis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Zymotic Enteritis | 13 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 159 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 58 | 28 | 34 | .. | ||||
114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 63 | 11 | .. | |||||
Total | 273 | .. | 14 | 38 | 121 | 39 | 45 | .. | ||||||
Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | 40 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | |||||
Total | 69 | .. | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | |||||||
Measles (including German Measles) | 2679 | 89 | 229 | 336 | 480 | 1247 | 64 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | |||
4151 | 165 | 285 | 437 | 577 | 1536 | 184 | 154 | 98 | 132 | 34 |