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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Analysis of certain diseases in table 39 into divisional areas—
Table 40
| Disease | Div. areas | Under 1 | /- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | _ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | _ | 20 | |
| N | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 41 | |
| S | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | — | 50 | |
| Total | 6 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 111 | |
| Measles | W | 20 | 97 | 102 | 133 | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ | 360 | |
| 8 | 99 | 108 | 156 | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 376 | ||
| 7 | 88 | 126 | 217 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 444 | ||
| Total | 35 | 284 | 336 | 506 | 11 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1180 | |
| Pneumonia | W | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| S | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Total | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
| Scarlet fever | W | 1 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 1 | _ | - | _ | 74 |
| N | — | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 20 | |
| S | — | 1 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 52 | |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 28 | 79 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | 146 | |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | W | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 44 |
| N | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 34 | |
| S | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 48 | |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 126 | |
| Whooping cough | W | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | _ | _ | 3 | - | _ | 40 |
| 7 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 | - | _ | 47 | ||
| 6 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | 66 | ||
| Total | 16 | 40 | 26 | 53 | 13 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 153 |
Poliomyelitis
In 1964 no cases of poliomyelitis was notified—the fourth year in
succession.
Dysentery
The number of cases were only a third of those of the previous year,
and no significant outbreaks occurred during the year. In spite of this,
there is no reason to assume that local outbreaks will not occur in the
future, and it must be emphasised again that the only real bar to the
quick spread of the disease is for an extremely high hygenic standard in
connection with all apparatus of the water-closet and with hand washing.