London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Plumstead 1893
Annual report 1893-94
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| 7 | Oct. 12 | Lewisham Infirmary | 6 m. | F | Tubercular Meningitis |
| 8 | „ 15 | S.E. Fever Hospital | 3 | M | Scarlet Fever |
| 9 | Nov. 2 | Lewisham Infirmary | 2 | M | Congestion of Lungs |
| 10 | „ 20 | do | 79 | M | Chronic Bronchitis |
| 11 | Dec. 4 | do | 55 | M | Pneumonia |
| 12 | 30 | S.E. Fever Hospital | 2 | M | Scarlet Fever |
Scarlet Fever.
11. On the day after I received notice of my appointment by
you, I visited the Public Offices at Eltham, and found about 20
notifications of recent cases of this disease.
12. As those affected wore all yonug children, I visited the
National and Infant Schools at Eltlam, and found that the
patients were nearly all scholars at one or the other of them—
from the latter 36 children, out of 94, were absent.
13. On October 9th the Infant Schools were closed by the
Rev. E. Sowerby.
14. As many of the sick as could be accommodated there
were removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board; but it
was a time of great pressure on them, and only 15 cases could
be thus disposed of.