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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Incidence . The numbers of eases of notifiable infectious diseases which occurred during the year, after correction of diagnosis were as follows:—
Table No. 8
Notification of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) 1948.
| Diseases. | Number of Cases (after correction of diagnosis). | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 3 years. | 3 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 | Age unknown | |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 239 | 1 | 27 | 46 | 121 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 5 | — | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 30 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 18 | 5 | - |
| Smallpox | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 160 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 35 | 26 | 3 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Dysentery | 32 | — | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | _ | 4 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | - | - | — | - |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 62 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 1,597 | 60 | 385 | 442 | 673 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 577 | 51 | 136 | 172 | 204 | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 122 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 42 |