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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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Table: Table IV Table of Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1947 in 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 year 1947 in 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 Hospital by Council
Scarlet Fever121151121226281294216142--139
Diphtheria1111—2—2385——11-22
Pneumonia3542115145216731134
Erysipelas1426———-—2—141015817
Puerperal Pyrexia—24-------1212_-6
Dysentery8313131-——2—--7
Ophthalmia Neonatorum257——--——————-1
Meningitis108121-242122-114
Malaria2———---—--2----
Scabies8710244537363314559172-
Enteritis8683—2----—-1-13
Food Poisoning21————————2—1-
Whooping Cough1381484231423461751———--22
Measles62560247126170204220416266821173
Pulmonary Tuberculosis10962——13-59297026208
Other forms of Tuberculosis126——2—1-3371-1-
Poliomyelitis116—114—32222—-16
Encephalitis Lethargica—2—————1————-11
Typhoid Fever—1—————1———————
Totals1,1951,20611217524028232768512574195648735335