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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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these cases of infectious disease have been divided into age incidence
and set out in the accompanying table:—
| Disease | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1-5 yrs. | 5-10 yrs. | 10-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | — | 15 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |
| dysentery | 25 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 78 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 56 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 697 | 10 | 311 | 369 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 177 | 17 | 73 | 79 | 3 | — | 5 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poisoning | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | |
| Totals | 1145 | 31 | 421 | 541 | 20 | 27 | 82 | 15 | 8 |
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Poliomyelitis
During 1952 eight confirmed cases of poliomyelitis were notified. The
accompanying table shows the cases notified in previous years classified
under age groups:—