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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

Woolwich 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 27.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1924.

TABLE No. 27.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1924.

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.
Diphtheria195151423204423342722..
Scarlet Fever440181648561876046171.....
Enteric Fever11......12......431..
Puerperal Fever7................52....
Erysipelas45..........112612203
Pneumonia354363819211129131454355430
Malaria3................2..1..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.2727......................
Dysentery1................1......
Encephalitis Lethargica17......2......4513..
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis124312..1..1........
Poliomyelitis51..21........1......
Zymotic Enteritis1356......1........1..
Pulmonary TuberculosisMales159..211..7722582834..
Females114111....7316631111..
Total2731221..1410381213945..
Tuberculosis Non-pulmonaryMales.40..121195510141
Females291315383311..
Total69..25261213813251
Measles (including German Measles)267989221229336480124764751....
415116528528843757715361841542619813234