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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 1941

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

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Number of cases notified (omitting Tuberculosis) and Deaths during the year 1941.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Number of cases notified (omitting Tuberculosis) and Deaths during the year 1941.

Disease.Total cases Notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever31316
Diphtheria83808
Dysentery1310-
Encephalitis Lethargica22-
Enteric Fever11111
Erysipelas6029-
Food Poisoning132.
Measles7261281
Ophthalmia Neonatorum41-
Pneumonia148 .2290
polio myelitis11-
Puerperal Fever222
Puerperal Pyrexia19192
Scarlet fever9893-
Whooping Cough415929
TOTALS1625523119