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. 38.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1934 (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 | 416 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 158 | 84 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 7 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 989 | 3 | 17 | 54 | 79 | 94 | 390 | 212 | 49 | 63 | 23 | 5 | - |
Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid Fever) | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | 2 | 24 | 4 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 119 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 14 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 280 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 29 |
Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Polio-encephalitis | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zymotic Enteritis | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
— | — | — | |||||||||||
4,257 | 116 | 212 | 303 | 441 | 563 | 1,747 | 361 | 98 | 177 | 81 | 115 | 43 | |
* Not notifiable. |