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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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These cases of infectious disease have been divided into age incidents and set out in the accompanying table:—
Disease | All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-10 yrs. | 10-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & yrs. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 34 | — | 12 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 24 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 42 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 21 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 |
Measles | 104 | 3 | 30 | 70 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 119 | 6 | 46 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Malaria (contracted abroad) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 17 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
TOTALS | 360 | 9 | 89 | 156 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 11 |
Poliomyelitis
During 1954 six confirmed cases of poliomyelitis were notified.
The accompanying table shows the cases notified in previous years
classified under age groups:—
40