Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1961 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Disease and Age
Disease | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65&up | Total | ||||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | P | M | F | M | F | ||
Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 |
Measles | 28 | 44 | 82 | 74 | 109 | 123 | 135 | 103 | 129 | 139 | 342 | 344 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1,722 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 39 |
Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
Pood Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 21 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorun | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Encephalitis Infective | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Post-infectious | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
Scabies | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Respiratory | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 6 | - | 50 |
Meninges & C. N. S. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
Total | 37 | 46 | 88 | 77 | 113 | 132 | 139 | 106 | 138 | 148 | 358 | 372 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1,952 |