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Tottenham 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: table IV Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledqc of the Medical Officer of Healthduring the year1945in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages.

table IV Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledqc of the Medical Officer of Health

during the year1945in 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 Fever103111-78191993439133--92
Diphtheria24231—34218114211—47
Pneumonia41354513-4238716231
Erysipelas13191—————-16518111
Puerperal Pyrexia—14———————185——1
Dysentery1728242131362335118
Ophthalmia Neonatorum145--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-——4
Meningitis322——-—-_1—11——4
Malaria2—-_—-_-_-_-_-_-_2————
Scabies226483810191314929193233675113—
Enteritis1512---_2---_1-_—4
Food Poisoning——-_-_—---__-_-_————
Whooping Cough91121233733313156-_-_-_1——6
Measles549539431301531371684242661-_-_-_28
Pulmonary Tuberculosis6574-221123206217245—
Other forms of Tuberculosis106—11-—43331———
Poliomyelitis-1--——-1—------
Totals1,1461,4659019822220923870918614734211211543216