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 Romford]
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TABLE 20
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS
Disease | Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 156 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Paratyphoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | 26 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 52 |
Dysentery | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .. | 121 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Measles | 5 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 111 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 206 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 31 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 101 |
Infective Hepatitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 62 |
Food Poisoning | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .. | 54 |
Total | 27 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 59 | 339 | 44 | 17 | 66 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 798 |