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 1936
[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 j 20 years | 20 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 12 | 39 | 75 | 74 | 358 | 151 | 59 | 71 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 868 | 803 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 91 | 39 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 2 | — | 247 | 239 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Paratvphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 30 | 3 | — | — | 35 | 33 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 15 | 92 | 43 |
| Acute Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 19 | 47 | 26 | 200 | 83 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 6 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 8 |
| Acute Anterior Polio-Mvelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Encephalitic Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 20 | 56 | 98 | 95 | 476 | 209 | 106 | 191 | 66 | 92 | 44 | 1489 | 1230 |