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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.
Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | at, age–years. | |||||||||||||
Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 61 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 51 | ... |
Diphtheria | 57 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | 50 | 6 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Erysipelas | 23 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... |
Puerperal Pyrexia, | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia | 64 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 2 | ... | 29* |
Measles | 1652 | 50 | 116 | 154 | 153 | 195 | 891 | 59 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 354 | 28 | 34 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 147 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 |
Dysentery | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Total | 2240 | 84 | 157 | 215 | 202 | 247 | 1103 | 94 | 50 | 57 | 26 | 5 | 116 | 45 |
all forms |