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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1940 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and ages.
| Notifiable Disease. | Males | Females | Under one. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | Total cases removed to Isolation Hospital by Council. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 48 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 52 |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 27 |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 14 | - |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 18 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Measles | 128 | 108 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 94 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 8 | - | - | 36 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 116 | 62 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 30 | 74 | 21 | 41 | 4 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis . | 10 | 9 | - | - | — | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 418 | 340 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 157 | 38 | 79 | 167 | 54 | 89 | 21 | 138 |