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 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.
DISEASE. | Total cases 1 notified | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 1 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | Age unknown | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
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Smallpox | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Scarlet Fever | 150 | — | 7 | 23 | 93 | 19 | 5 | — | _ | 27 | _ |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | —. | _ | — | _ | _ | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | 2 | __ | 2 | _ |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ |
Pneumonia | 32 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 | _ | 8 | _ |
Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis | 14 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | _ | 14 | _ |
Acute Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 5 | _ |
Erysipelas | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 18 | _ | 1 | _ |
Food Poisoning | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | _ | 1 | _ |
Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | _ |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | —- | — | 1 | _ |
Para-Typhoid Fever | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | — | _ | |
Meningoccal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ |
Measles | 304 | 4 | 43 | 84 | 167 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 3 | _ |
Whooping Cough | 281 | 8 | 60 | 90 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | _ | |
Scabies | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Totals | 829 | 15 | 110 | 203 | 390 | 31 | 25 | 55 | — | 67 | — |