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. 61.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1932 (excluding Tuberculosis).
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 | 233 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 95 | 31 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 2 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 554 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 41 | 234 | 115 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 2 | — |
Enteric Fever | 3 | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 30 | 4 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 44 | 2 | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 |
Smallpox | 7 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 247 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 20 | 44 | 23 |
Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | - | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Dysentery | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Zymotic Enteritis | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
256 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
4,307 | 142 | 281 | 314 | 414 | 485 | 1,953 | 268 | 146 | 158 | 48 | 68 | 30 |
*Not notifiable.