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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table VI. Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1934.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Oases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | At Ages—Years. | Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||||||||
| 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 | 292 | 1 | 46 | 214 | 23 | 16 | 2 | - | 74 | 95 | 123 | 267 | - |
| Diphtheria | 31 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Pneumonia | 28 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 40 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 56 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 30 | 10 | - | 14 | 15 | 27 | 67 | 32 |
| Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 12 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 448 | 5 | 55 | 237 | 46 | 70 | 27 | 8 | 120 | 137 | 191 | 399 | 80 |