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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||||||||||||||
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 15 to 20 years. | 20 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years, | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 92 | 1 | 18 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 27 | 44 | 74 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 63 | — | 16 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 21 | 24 | 61 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 18 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | — | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |||
| Pneumonia | 23 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | ||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 59 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 69 | 21 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 10 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Totals | 279 | 4 | 37 | 80 | 27 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 90 | 115 | 232 | 60 | ||||