London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
This page requires JavaScript
Table VI Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1939.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Alexandra-Bo wes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 66 | — | 14 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | 17 | 31 | 58 | — |
| Diphtheria | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 1 |
| Cerebro—Spinal Fever .. | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 25 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 45 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 62 | 26 |
| Non—Pulmonary Tuber | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| culosis | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 190 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 46 | 70 | 74 | 168 | 63 |