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Woolwich 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 42.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1926.

DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.
All Ages.Age Groups.
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.
Diphtheria393713222640127614340104..
Scarlet Fever41131024444619142261663..
Enteric Fever8......1131..1...1..
Puerperal Fever4..............13......
Puerperal pyrexia7..........• •....43....
Erysipelas461..........2358216
Continued fever1..........1.............
Pneumonia29228301914282491334314121
Malaria5................32....
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1818......................
Encephalitis Lethargica7........3..11..11..
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis9..1..1..1..33......
Poliomyelitis5......1.......22......
Zymotic Enteritis23775..12........1...
Tuberculosis (Males1697..7....461957304110
Pulmonary Females118........157255016122
Total2871..1..l91344107465312
Tuberculosis Males36....32...10526251
Non-pulmonary Females261..122524522..
Total621..442157611471
Measles (including German Measles)1246421099417620157835731....
282410817016926732395117114923211213240