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Lewisham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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38
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Table: The following table shows the incidence of notifiable infectious disease during the year, and in the two preceding years:—

The following table shows the incidence of notifiable infectious disease during the year, and in the two preceding years:—

Disease.Year.
193619371938
Anthrax1
Cerebro-spinal Fever975
Diphtheria247328469
Dysentery-9720
Erysipelas929582
*Measles——11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum181527
Pneumonia200240258
Polio Myelitis21119
Puerperal Fever262
Puerperal Pyrexia354245
Scarlet Fever868634533
Typhoid Fever6132
Para-typhoid Fever663
*Whooping Cough-—76
*Notifiable from 1st October, 1938.