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Lewisham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The following figures show the percentage of cases occurring among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. |
| 6 years and under | ||||||
| 5 ,, ,, | ||||||
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The infectious diseases notifiable under Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, are :—Small-Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the diseases
known as Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, and the Fevers known
by any of the following names:—Typhus, Typhoid, Enter'c,
Relapsing, Continued or Puerperal; Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and Acute Polio-Myelitis or PolioEnceplialilis.
The total number of cases notified during the year 1913
amounted to 1248, of which number 975, or 78.12 per cent,
were removed for isolation to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's
Hospitals or other Institutions. In 33 instances, or 3.38
per cent, of the cases removed, the Hospital authorities returned
the patient as not suffering from any notifiable disease. Deducting
these from the gross total, we have a corrected total
of 1215 cases of infectious disease notified as occurring in the
Borough during the year, an increase of 196 compared with
the total for the preceding year, which was 1019. In 1911, 835
cases were notified.
Age Periods.—41.71 per cent, of the Scarlet Fever cases,
compared with 51.19 per cent, in 1912, and 47.52 per cent, of
the Diphtheria cases, compared with 46.54 per cent, in 1912,
occurred among children acred six years and under.
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