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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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SECTION VI.—Infectious Diseases.
The notifications of infectious disease received during the
year are summarised in Tables 15 and 16. Those relating
to Tuberculosis are shewn in a separate Table.
Table 15.
| Diseases. | Total Cases notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 217 | 261 | 478 | 413 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 180 | 219 | 399 | 377 | 10 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 11 | 11 | 9 | — |
| Erysipelas | 21 | 36 | 57 | 22 | 4 |
| Pneumonia, Acute and Influenzal | 102 | 59 | 161 | 98 | — |
| Malaria | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — |