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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| Cases Notified in Whole Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium | Total Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Disease | At Ages - Years | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | AlexandraBowes | Town Hall | Noel Park | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | - | 11 | 21 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 19 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 27 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 21 | 2 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 72 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 31 | 17 | 8 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 34 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Totals | 229 | 9 | 68 | 61 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 93 | 74 | 57 | 20 |