London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 years | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 5 to 15 ,, | 11 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15 to 25 ,, | 29 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 to 35 ,, | 28 | 15 | 4 | — | 11 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 35 to 45 ,, | 13 | 13 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 ,, | 7 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 2 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 ,, | 11 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 years and upwards | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 100 | 62 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 6 |
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genito- urinary system | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Spine | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Hip Joint | 2 | - | 2 |
| Leg | 1 | - | 1 |
| Peritoneum | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cervical glands | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meninges | - | 2 | 2 |
| Mediastinal glands | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 18 |
Diphtheria.
Notifications of Diphtheria totalled 22, all but two being
children under 15 years of age. Hospital treatment was afforded
in every case, and for the second year in succession no death occurred
from this disease.