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 Tottenham]
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Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1957 in the Borough of Tottenham classified according to Diseases and Ages
Disease | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10 - 14 | 15 - 19 | 20 - 34 | 35 - 44 | 45 - 64 | 65 & up | |||||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 |
Measles | 15 | 18 | 74 | 80 | 112 | 90 | 109 | 102 | 145 | 129 | 372 | 417 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,716 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 |
Pneumonia | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 93 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 15 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute E cephalitis Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
Paralytic Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 ' | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 46 |
Scabies | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 |
Tuberculosis Respiratory | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 86 |
Meninges & C.N.S. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Total | 22 | 30 | 90 | 84 | 125 | 111 | 114 | 113 | 162 | 153 | 427 | 487 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 2,221 |