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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 38.Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1934 (excluding Tuberculosis).

TABLE No. 38.

Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1934 (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.
Diphtheria416312123135158842242107-
Scarlet Fever9893175479943902124963235-
Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid Fever)8---1-1--411-
Puerperal Fever5———-----5---
Puerperal Pyrexia30———----2244--
Erysipelas1192132325614175014
Smallpox————---------
Pneumonia2803716152013418617265229
Malaria1--------1---
Ophthalmia Neonatorum77—----------
Encephalitis Lethargica————---------
Dysentery———----------
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4---1-11-1---
Polio-encephalitis1——---1------
Poliomyelitis21—---1------
Zymotic Enteritis32—1---------
*Measles (includingGerman Measles)2,392611662183074181,15251136———
4,2571162123034415631,747361981778111543
* Not notifiable.