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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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T able IV.
Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1947.
| 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 & upwards. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 46 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 24 | 11 | 11 | 33 | — |
| Diphtheria | 10 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | 10 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 34 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 52 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 17 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 10 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | i | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 410 | 9 | 208 | 178 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 194 | 98 | 118 | 10 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 171 | 14 | 93 | 60 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 75 | 47 | 49 | 5 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dvsentery | 1 | — | — | -— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | — | — | — | I | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 753 | 26 | 317 | 263 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 342 | 198 | 213 | 112 | 53 |