London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| 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 | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 103 | 569 | 274 | 56 | 87 | 20 | 7 | — | 1277 | 1059 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 220 | 91 | 20 | 50 | 6 | 3 | — | 473 | 470 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | |
| Paratvphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | — | 12 | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 8 | — | — | 31 | 20 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 51 | 21 | 141 | 68 |
| Acute Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 32 | 59 | 28 | 273 | 103 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 44 | 93 | 114 | 136 | 836 | 379 | 102 | 237 | 102 | 120 | 49 | 2243 | 1760 |