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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| Small-Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 287 | 1 | 72 | 173 | 22 | 19 | — | 13 | 163 | 111 | 6 | 137 | 84 | 227 |
| Erysipelas | 86 | — | 1 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | |
| Scarlet fever | 584 | 4 | 145 | 340 | 65 | 30 | — | 60 | 401 | 123 | 48 | 334 | 101 | 483 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 27 | — | — | 4 | 10 | 13 | — | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 991 | 5 | 218 | 525 | 112 | 125 | 6 | 87 | 632 | 272 | 57 | 493 | 197 | 747 |