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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Institutions in the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds | |||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 8 | 25 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 83 | 7 | 47 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | 6 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 202 | 26 | 91 | 27 |