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

Lewisham 1942

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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING THE YEAR 1942.

List No. CAUSES OF DEATH. Ages at Death
Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15. 15 and under 45. 45 and under 65 65 and upwards TOTALS All Ages.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Number of cases notified (omitting Tuberculosis) and Deaths during the year 1942.

Disease. Total cases Notified. Cases admitted to Hospital Total Deaths.
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TUBERCULOSIS. The number of new cases notified during the year 1942 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-

NEW CASES NOTIFIED DEATHS.
1941. 1942. 1941. 1942.
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The age distribution of the New Cases notified and the Deaths from Tuberculosis are shown in the following table:-

AGE GROUPS NEW CASES DEATHS.
Pulmonary Non pulmonary TOTALS. Pulmonary Non pulmonary TOTALS.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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NUMBER OF CHILDREN IMMUNISED.

1941. 1942.
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The following table shows the number of cases of Diphtheria and the number of deaths, since the Immunisation scheme was introduced:-

Year. No. of cases of Diphtheria Notified. Number Immunised No. of Deaths from Diphtheria.
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Since the outbreak of war there has been a rising incidence of Scabies in the Borough, as shown by the following figures of cases treated at the Council's Cleansing Stations:-

YEAR. CASES TREATED. YEAR. CASES TREATED.

AGE GROUPS	NEW CASES					DEATHS.
	Pulmonary		Non pulmonary		TOTALS.	Pulmonary		Non pulmonary		TOTALS.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.