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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
Bexley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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The following Table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other than Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES ( other than tuberculosis ) DURING THE YEAR, 1938.
| disease | Total cases notified. | CASES NOTIFIED AT ALL AGES—YEARS | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | ||||
| Smallpox | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 154 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 83 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 121 | 1 | |||
| Diphtheria | 48 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 1 | ||
| Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid) | 1 | 1 | i | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | 2 | 21 | 3 | IO | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | I | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | I | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 285 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 99 | 23 | 13 | 52 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 199 | |