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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
Tottenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table of cases of Infectious Disease coining to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1941 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases & ages.
| Notifiable Disease. | Males. | Females. | Under one | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over. | Total cases removed to Isolation Hospital by Coursci1. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 41 | 62 | 1 | - | 5 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 59 |
| Diphtheria | 30 | 43 | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 67 |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 10 | - |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Puerperal,Pyrexia | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 11 | 11 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
| Typhoid | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pood Poisoning | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 240 | 225 | 35 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 75 | 169 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 41 |
| Measles | 539 | 505 | 18 | 92 | 111 | 110 | 129 | 542 | 23 | 12 | 7 | - | - | - | 65 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 98 | 63 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 75 | 20 | 35 | 3 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis. | 11 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 1,049 | 999 | 64 | 161 | 188 | 192 | 223 | 790 | 70 | 69 | 144 | 44 | 86 | 17 | 251 |