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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table II.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Ward (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Church. | Manor. | South. | Blackheath. | Lewisham Village. | Lewisham Park. | Brockley. | Cat ford. | Forest Hill. | Sydenham. | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 329 | 7 | 75 | 208 | 24 | 15 | — | — | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 15 | 78 | 45 | 6 | 291 | |
| Erysipelas | 103 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 337 | 4 | 05 | 231 | 25 | 12 | — | — | 8 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 46 | 89 | 28 | 69 | 290 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 35 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 15 | 4 | 10 | 22 | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | _— | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 5 | |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Phthisis | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 95 | — | 1 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 14 | — |
| Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 89 | — | — | 3 | 19 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 17 | — | |
| Others | 29 | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Polio-Myelitis and Encephalitis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 1048 | 31 | 148 | 473 | 117 | 194 | 66 | 19 | 26 | 58 | 27 | 32 | 82 | 160 | 89 | 239 | 120 | 215 | 630 | |