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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 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical officer of Health during the yearI 912in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages.

Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical officer of Health during the yearI 912in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages.

Notifiable Disease.Males.FemalesUnder one.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 & over.Total Cases Removed to Isolation Hospital by Council
Scarlet Fever16612915112138 .17132394134
Diphtheria3936112643995422—74
Pneumonia604911321144511183217—
Erysipelas814-------1241235
Puerperal Pyrexia—12--------102——5
Dysentery71——2——132——-—4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum—11------------
Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis610—11—13—331216
Poliomyelitis11------11————2
Encephalitis Lethargica1—————1————-————
Enteric1—————————1————
Food Poisoning56————————4241—
Whooping Cough49541019121110372—11——12
Measles3643482544556312937814121——36
Pulmonary Tuberculosis9668———2—24188623245—
Other forms of Tuberculosis1011--1124254-2--
Totals8137403971871061866497144137587827278