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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 1944

[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 year1944in 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 year1944in 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 Fever9511114781896441297--117
Diphtheria2222122-1015941---44
Pneumonia5035135314-5151120173
Ery3ipelas18251-----139618513
Puerperal Pyrexia-13--------103--2
Dysentery116213-3-3-21118
Ophthalmia Neonatorum213-----------1
Meningitis3------1--2---2
Malaria2---------2----
Scabies2434541218157184745125249776618-
Enteritis2----1------1-2
Food Poisoning56--1----1333--
Whooping Cough17016430575440518664213-13
Measles15214572429333812029105-2-19
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1016811-2-54247621305-
Other forms of Tuberculosis13712---333341--
Totals8891,057601121169413937714419138813414546224