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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 1938
[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 | |||
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | — | — | - | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | - | 5 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 34 | 209 | 74 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | — | 469 | 442 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | - | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 82 | 54 |
| *Measles | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 11 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 54 | 19 | 258 | 150 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | — | - | - | 19 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | 32 | 9 | 1 | — | 45 | 43 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 16 | 43 | 35 | 44 | 231 | 88 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 533 | 460 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Para-tvphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| *Whooping Cough | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 23 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 76 | 17 |
| Totals | 59 | 60 | 93 | 101 | 89 | 525 | 181 | 85 | 152 | 77 | 94 | 37 | 1553 | 1226 |
| *Notifiable from 1st October, 1938. | ||||||||||||||