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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
Woolwich 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table 15. Notification of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1954
| Diseases | Number of Cases (after correction of diagnosis) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups | |||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 3 years | 3 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | Age Unknown | Total | TotalNo. admitted to Hosp. | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 6 | 28 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 154 | 30 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Meningoccocal Infection | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | _ | - | _ | - | -_ | - | 3 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | _ | - | 5 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | 16 | 5 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 64 | 26 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | -. | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | -_ | - | 45 | 43 |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | _- | - | 2 | 6 | 17 | _ |
| Acute Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 83 | 12 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 22 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 53 | 53 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 58 | 60 | 86 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 234 | 16 |
| Measles | 3 | 26 | 12 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | 54 | 24 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |