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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table VI. Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | Central. | Bowes Park. | Alexandra Park. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 45 years. | 45 to 65 years. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Smallpox | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 192 | - | 44 | 116 | 14 | 14 | 4 | - | 50 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 48 | 176 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 24 | - | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | - | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | - | 24 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | _ | - | _ | _ | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 39 | _ | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | __ | _ | _ | - | _ | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 57 | — | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 26 |
| Tuberculosis | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | - | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | - |
| Totals | 362 | 6 | 56 | 140 | 44 | 74 | 35 | 7 | 101 | 89 | 55 | 46 | 71 | 311 | 70 |