Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 25.
CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED—1923.
Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age Groups. | ||||||||||||||
All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 3 years. | 3 and under 4 years. | 4 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 10 years. | 10 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 20 years. | 20 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and over. | ||
Diphtheria | 152 | .. | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 5 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 334 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 150 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 6 | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 16 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | . | |
Erysipelas | 40 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | |
Pneumonia | 242 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 27 | 43 | 19 | |
Malaria | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Poliomyelitis | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Zymotic enteritis | 49 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | 5 | l | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis Pulmonary | Males | 128 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 24 | 42 | 26 | 30 | 2 |
Females. | 117 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 23 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 1 | |
Total | 245 | 1 | 1 | . . | 8 | 8 | 47 | 90 | 45 | 42 | 3 | |||
Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | Males | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Females. | 36 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | ||
Total | 66 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | .. | |
Measles (including German | 194 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 156 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles) | ||||||||||||||
1381 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 70 | 80 | 413 | 94 | 119 | 204 | 97 | 108 | 28 |