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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES The cases of infectious disease notified during the year (with the exception of Tuberculosis, which is shown separately), are summarised in the following Table— Notified Cases of Infections Diseases, 1927
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years | Total at all Ages | Number removed to Hospital, | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 313 | 137 | 28 | 44 | 7 | 2 | —_ | 633 | 539 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 132 | 64 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 5 | — | 345 | 311 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | —_ | 8 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 8 | — | — | 21 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 54 | 14 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 33 | 42 | 22 | 221 | 126 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 |