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 Chislehurst]
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet fever | 57 | .. | 11 | 38 | 5 | 3 | .. | 50 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Voluntary | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Poor Law cases | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 71 | .. | 12 | 42 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 55 |
Isolation Hospital—Bromley and Beckenhnm Joint Isolation Hospital, Bromley
Common; total available beds, 113; number of diseases that can be concurrently
treated, 5. Joint Small-Pox Hospital; total available beds, 33; number of diseases that
can be concurrently treated, 1.