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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1953, in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages

Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1953, in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages

DiseaseUnder 112345-910-1415-1920-3435-4445-6465 & upTotalTotal cases removed to hospital
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Scarlet Fever---56511712157352138413-------21582
Measles141355528364917710182184173310223632----1,02041
Whooping Cough12122117173518211826778041---1------36042
Pneumonia3--2-1513-322-2236871425191912721
Erysipelas-----------1--1---122822197
Pood Poisoning--1322-----3--1-53-244--304
Puerperal Pyrexia-------------------1----1-
Acute Encephalitis Infective--------------------------
Post-infectious--1---------------------11
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic-----31---1-1-----------66
Non-paralytic---------1-3----1------54
Diphtheria---------------------1--11
Paratyphoid-------1----------------11
Dysentery5137246635172438--121039553214330
Malaria-------------'--3----1--43
Scabies----------------23---1--6-
Tuberculosis Respiratory------1--12444462030128261272143-
Non-respiratory----1-1-1111-13--41121-120-
TOTAL342681861111141341131381303593403332171151642832545731262, 102243