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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total at all Ages | Number removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under i 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 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 47 | 69 | 376 | 152 | 50 | 57 | 16 | 4 | — | 830 | 758 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 129 | 50 | 6 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 314 | 299 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 4 |
| Paratvphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 27 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 27 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | 11 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 68 | 30 |
| Acute Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 48 | 15 | 184 | 77 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| Acute Anterior Polio-Mvelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 22 | 33 | 62 | 77 | 94 | 529 | 211 | 72 | 180 | 70 | 87 | 28 | 1465 | 1225 |