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Wood Green 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE III
INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1963
| Cases Notified in whole Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium | Total Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages - Years | |||||||||||||||||
| Notifiable Disease | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | I 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-Bowes | Town Hall | Noel Park | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 62 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulm Tuberculosis | 23 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 429 | 16 | 298 | 98 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 92 | 88 | 249 | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 77 | 5 | 50 | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 17 | 35 | 5 | - |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 78 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 10 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Meningoccocal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Totals | 650 | 29 | 391 | 135 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 179 | 154 | 317~^ | 30 | 66 |