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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | Total at all Ages | Number removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||
| Smallpox | — | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 21 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 17 | 50 | 77 | 101 | 491 | 229 | 54 | 75 | 23 | 9 | — | 1129 | 1031 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 103 | 52 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 354 | 347 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 26 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 106 | 47 |
| Acute Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 45 | 66 | 26 | 281 | 158 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 11 |
| Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 5 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 26 | 30 | 85 | 109 | 134 | 704 | 309 | 96 | 209 | 108 | 126 | 39 | 1975 | 1669 |