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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Table 16.
Infectious Diseases Notified, 1926-Age Groups.
Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
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At Ages-Years | Total at all Ages | ||||||||||||
Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 years | 20 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | ||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 223 | 75 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 2 | - | 478 |
Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 174 | 71 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 1 | - | 399 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 57 |
Pneumonia (Acute & Influenzal) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 161 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 12 | |
Acute Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |