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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Number of cases notified (omitting Tuberculosis) and Deaths during the year 1940,
| Disease. | Total cases Notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 30 | 30 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 78 | 76 | 36 |
| Dysentory | 7 | 6 | |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 6 | - |
| Erysipelas | 53 | 37 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | - | - |
| Measles | 119 | 32 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | 113 | 42 | 114 |
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 109 | 105 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 12 | - |
| TOTALS | 565 | 362 | 126 |
The number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified in
the previous year (1939) was 1563.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATI0N
Number of Children immunised during the year
Under 5 years of age 122
5 years and over 98
Total. 220