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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table IV.
Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1946.
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
| Alexandra-Bowes. | Town Hall. | Noel Park. | |||||||||||||||
| 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 & upwards. | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | - | 19 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 23 | 20 | 51 | - |
| Diphtheria | 7 | - | 3 | — | 3 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | 33 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 76 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 43 | 22 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Malaria | 3 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| Measles | 346 | 5 | 169 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 180 | 71 | 95 | 8 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 89 | 6 | 56 | 23 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 28 | 30 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Dysentery | 10 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | — | — | — | - | 2 | - | - | — | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | — |
| Totals | 671 | 18 | 258 | 221 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 293 | 194 | 184 | 144 | 62 |