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
Lewisham 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 Church | 2 Manor | 3 South | 4 Blackheath | 5 Lewisham Village | 6 Lewisham Park | 7 Brockley | 8 Catford | 9 Forest Hill | 10 Sydenham | |||||||||
| Under | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria (including membranous Croup) | 419 | 4 | 06 | 280 | 92 | 16 | 1 | — | 11 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 54 | 24 | 160 | 62 | 372 | ||
| Erysipelas | 102 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 24 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 459 | 3 | 121 | 290 | 31 | 14 | — | — | 24 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 47 | 60 | 118 | 41 | 81 | 392 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 25 | — | — | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis ... | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 344 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 60 | 181 | 55 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 49 | 32 | 79 | 30 | 61 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1363 | 17 | 225 | 621 | 130 | 253 | 95 | 22 | 49 | 54 | 40 | 64 | 109 | 173 | 127 | 394 | 123 | 230 | 810 | |