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Southgate 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Diseases.
At
all
ages
Under
1
year
1
to
2
2
to
3
3
to
4
4
to
5
5
to
10
10
to
15
15
to
20
20
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
65
65
and
over
Deaths.
Table V.
Notified Cases of Infectious Diseases, 1938.
Smallpox
Diphtheria
26
1
1
15
5
2
2
1
Scarlet Fever
95
1
4
4
6
40
15
8
8
6
3
Typhoid Fever
2
1
1
1
Dysentery
3
1
1
1
Puerperal Pyrexia
9
6
3
1
Erysipelas
24
1
2
3
12
6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
2
2
Encephalitis Lethargica
Acute Poliomyelitis
1
1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
Malaria
Pneumonia
37
3
2
2
6
2
1
5
5
9
2
32
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary
50
1
1
1
5
28
2
11
1
22
Non-Pulmonary
7
1
4
1
1
2
Totals
256
5
4
7
5
7
64
22
14
58
22
38
10
59