London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Haringey 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING 1971 BY SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| Disease | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | UNK | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
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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 | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 82 |
| Measles | 35 | 18 | 55 | 56 | 47 | 41 | 78 | 53 | 64 | 65 | 156 | 159 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 882 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| A. Encephalitis Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A. Encephalitis Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 23 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Para-Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 223 |
| Tuberculosis Respiratory | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 62 |
| Tuberculosis Mehinges & Central Nervous System | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Infective Jaundice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 92 |