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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 1925
[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 |