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 Lewisham Borough]
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Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Church | Manor | South | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | Catford | Forest Hill | Sydenham | Precise Residence unknown. | ||||||||
Under i | i and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria (including membranous Croup) | 388 | 95 | 23 | — | 14 | 18 | 17 | 43 | 23 | 101 | 48 | 84 | — | 363 | ||||||
Erysipelas | 126 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 21 | _ | 23 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 945 | 4 | 171 | 643 | 83 | 43 | 1 | — | 32 | 61 | 17 | 36 | 110 | 87 | 44 | 265 | 116 | 177 | _ | 803 |
Typhus Fever | — | _ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
Enteric Fever | 44 | — | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | — | 45 | ||
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | _ | — | — | _ | 7 | _ | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | 4 | |||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 234 | — | 10 | 60 | 111 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 62 | 28 | 35 | — | 102 | |||
Otherformsof Tuberculosis | 75 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 14 | 17 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 14 | — | 10 | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | ||||||
Totals | 1833 | 28 | 919 | 258 | 96 | 28 | 51 | 92 | 67 | 65 | 187 | 184 | 103 | 524 | 217 | 343 | — | 1353 |