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. 47.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified, 1931 (excluding Tuberculosis).
Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
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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 | 281 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 103 | 53 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 387 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 143 | 63 | 44 | 35 | 7 | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 29 | 10 | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 80 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 14 |
Smallpox | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | 371 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 36 | 66 | 37 |
Malaria | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 12 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | l | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | l | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Zymotic Enteritis | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
†Chicken Pox | 672 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 60 | 58 | 337 | 93 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .. |
.. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
1992 | 83 | 94 | 99 | 135 | 128 | 656 | 231 | 135 | 192 | 73 | 114 | 52 | |
† Notifiable up to 30th September 1931. | * Not Notifiable. |