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Tottenham 1946

[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 knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the gear1946in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases and Ages.

Table IV Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the gear1946in 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 Fever159164162323281486714671-166
Diphtheria443911336281841513-83
Pneumonia393211222212982516-
Erysipelas13221————2117516214
Puerperal Pyrexia—13-------1111——3
Dysentery4511—11————23—8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum8614-----------2
Meningitis3611—112—11—1—3
Malaria———————————————
Scabies2643279101312161299757164393691
Enteritis524-————.—1-11-3
Food Poisoning-—-————————--—-
Whooping Cough84972635302422383111—-10
Measles2703221974879211618511151—131
Pulmonary Tuberculosis114841481244129825318—
Other forms of Tuberculosis1014——-—1233113—1—
Poliomyelitis2------1-1----1
Totals1,0191,13379133166159195541205993279411737325