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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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Table 16.
Infectious Diseases Notified, 1926-Age Groups.
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages-Years | Total at all Ages | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 years | 20 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 223 | 75 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 2 | - | 478 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 174 | 71 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 1 | - | 399 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 57 |
| Pneumonia (Acute & Influenzal) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 161 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 12 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |