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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 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Table: M. of H. Table II.— Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year1919,in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

M. of H. Table II.— Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year1919,in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesAt Ages—Years.I Harrin- gay2 West Green3 St. Ann's4 High Cross5 Middle6 Lower
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Dysentery2............2......1......1.........
Encephalitis Lethargica3.........12............2...1...3
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)33448619429192...523372456171266
Erysipelas764282624121471517167...
Scarlet Fever4833953403015......7062965812671343
Measles1169162788421914......561451972323382012
Enteric Fever7......3...4......1...24......5
Malaria57.........22323...132188106...
Pneumonia1461913236525101413412932178
Puerperal Fever.............................................
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis5121......1...1111...15
Poliomyelitis3...21..................2...1......
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3939..................61114134...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis384...954101162535455191666764...
Other forms of Tuberculosis631723111353101012101011...
Totals2,77169488147324435411330283325560475675453632