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
Wood Green 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Age Periods of Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | At all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 99 | — | 20 | 64 | 11 | 4 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 48 | — | 6 | 32 | 8 | 2 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 20 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Ophthal. Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 970 | 19 | 216 | 650 | 55 | 26 | 4 | — |
| German Measles | 347 | 8 | 46 | 203 | 61 | 27 | 2 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 60 | — | — | 8 | 6 | 35 | 11 | — |
| Other Tuberculosis | 20 | — | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1574 | 31 | 291 | 967 | 149 | 107 | 24 | 5 |