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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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These cases of infectious disease have been divided into age incidence and set out in the accompanying table:—
Disease | All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-4 yrs. | 5-9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-24 yrs. | 25-44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 65 & Over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 16 | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | |
Pneumonia | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 10 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 20 | — | - |
Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Measles | 251 | — | 100 | 141 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 7 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
TOTALS | 334 | 1 | 111 | 151 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 5 |
Poliomyelitis
During 1962 no confirmed cases of poliomyelitis were notified.
The accompanying table shows the cases notified in previous years
classified under age groups.
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