Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 47
Year | Confirmed cases | Division | No. of weeks with 3 or more cases | Type | Sex | Age groups | Result* | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W | N | S | Paralytic | N-P | M | F | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Died | Compl. recov. | Paralysed | Unknown | ||||
Severe | Mild | ||||||||||||||||||||
1947 % | 76 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 47 | 29 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 1 | _ | 7 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 8 |
34 | 32 | 34 | 62 | 38 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 28 | - | |||
1948 % | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | _ | – | _ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
33 | 45 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 44 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 25 | – | |||
1949 % | 41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 4 | _ | – | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | |
32 | 32 | 36 | 71 | 29 | 61 | 39 | 12 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 27 | – | ||||
1950 % | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | _ | — | _ | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
34 | 26 | 40 | 68 | 32 | 50 | 50 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 26 | – | |||
1951 °/ /O | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | ||
27 | 27 | 46 | 18 | 82 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 11 | – | |||
1952 % | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | _ | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 8 | 4 | 3 | _ | |
20 | 27 | 53 | 53 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 27 | 20 | – | |||
1953 % | 52 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 5 | _ | _ | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
48 | 27 | 25 | 67 | 33 | 42 | 58 | 6 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 26 | v | |||
Total % | 242 | 86 | 72 | 84 | _ | 152 | 90 | 129 | 113 | 11 | 72 | 84 | 39 | 35 | 1 | _ | 12 | 93 | 60 | 57 | 20 |
35 | 30 | 35 | 63 | 37 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 16 | /4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 26 |
*The percentages in these columns relate to the traced cases.