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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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GASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES notified during the year 1937.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Institutions in the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years | At all Ages. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds | |||||
| Diphtheria | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 46 | 17 | 41 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 96 | 22 | 67 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 5 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 64 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Totals | 3 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 70 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 238 | 50 | 128 | 31 |