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 1937
[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 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 57 | 278 | 123 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 6 | – | 634 | 595 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 163 | 43 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 3 | — | 328 | 317 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 13 | 11 |
| Paratvphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 31 | 9 | — | — | 42 | 38 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 10 | 95 | 58 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 33 | 48 | 41 | 240 | 105 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 7 |
| Polio Myelitis | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| Encephalitic Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Dysentry | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 97 | 52 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 45 | 55 | 75 | 90 | 477 | 191 | 93 | 191 | 75 | 113 | 54 | 1499 | 1215 |