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 District]
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Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1921, in the Tottenham Urban
District, classified according to diseases, ages and localities.
Notifiable Disease
Number of Cases Notified.
Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.
Total Cases
Removed to
Hospital
At all
Ages
At Ages—Years
1
2
3
4
5
6
Under
1
1 to 5
5 to 15
15to25
25to45
45to65
65 and
up
wards
Harringay
West
Green
! St.
Ann's
High
Cross
Middle
Lower
Dysentery
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
Encephalitis Lethargica
6
..
..
2
1
..
..
3
1
..
1
1
2
1
2
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
561
8
102
372
45
30
4
..
76
44
139
108
105
89
482
Erysipelas
65
2
1
7
5
15
28
7
11
10
21
4
11
8
1
Scarlet Fever
1062
14
161
758
91
35
3
..
136
160
255
231
160
120
500
Measles
166
20
67
73
2
4
..
..
16
10
82
31
17
10
2
Enteric Fever
4
..
..
2
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
4
Malaria
5
..
..
..
1
4
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
3
..
Pneumonia
180
17
37
34
24
31
27
10
31
20
79
19
19
12
..
Puerperal Fever
5
..
..
..
..
6
..
..
..
3
1
1
..
..
..
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
Poliomyelitis
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
29
29
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
2
13
1
4
6
..
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
258
1
1
21
76
126
30
3
31
34
58
55
47
33
..
Other forms of Tuberculosis
54
2
4
19
12
15
2
..
8
11
17
5
9
4
..
Totals
2399
93
375
1289
258
266
95
23
314
296
667
457
377
288
991