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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Disease.
Number of Cases Notified.
Table 23.
Infectious Diseases Notified, 1925 — Age Groups.
Diphtheria | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 84 | 38 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 6 | — | 256 |
Enteric Fever (including Para typhoid] | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | — | 45 |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | 10 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 55 |
Pneumonia (Acute Influenzal & Lobar | 3 | !2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 128 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 |
Acute Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |