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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE III
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Alexandra B'owes | Town Hall | Noel Park | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | - | 13 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | — | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | - | —_ | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Para—typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio Encephalitis | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Non—Pulm. Tuberculosis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 311 | 21 | 183 | 101 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 150 | 89 | 5 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 41 | 10 | 25 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 14 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Meningoccal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 426 | 31 | 227 | 121 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 107 | 195 | 124 | 17 | 2 |