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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

Tottenham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: M inistry of Health T able II. -Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health duringthe year1927,in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

M inistry of Health T able II. -Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during

the year1927,in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesAt Ages—Years.Bruce Grove and StoneleighChestnutsGreen LanesPark and Coleraine.Stamford HillTown HallWest GreenWhite Hart Lane
Under1 to 22 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and over
Scarlet Fever466110882228629237......547645466050805573
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)3982118917460272474...6759293637642581368
Pneumonia1989133427916222629131542201950201220
Erysipelas461...1...1791115131054124448
Enteric Fever3......1.........2.........1.........1......12
Puerperal Fever2...............11.........1......1............2
Puerperal Pyrexia15..................861...231...42215
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis21...1........................1......1.........2
Encephalitis Lethargica7......11113.........21.........31...4
Polio Encephalitis1......1..........................................11
Poliomyelitis4...211..................21.........1......2
Malaria5..................32......1.........21...1...
Continued Fever1........................1............1............1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1010...........................12...231...11
Pulmonary Tuberculosis204...24473177463212434152431291928...
Other forms of Tuberculosis491221096937...475661146...
Totals141125402234391731181811088915177236120139207186147199