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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

Islington 1944

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

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Table: PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASEThe number of cases notified (corrected for altered diagnosis) and the number of Deaths during the year 1944 were as follows:-

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The number of cases notified (corrected for altered diagnosis) and the number of Deaths during the year 1944 were as follows:-

Disease.Total cases NotifiedCases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever443
Diphtheria24260
Scabies654--
Dysentery6559-
Enteric Fever--0
Erysipelas8643-
Food Poisoning1--
Measles6881081
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.440
Pneumonia11047109
Puerperal Fever110
Puerperal Pyrexia19171
Scarlet Fever2702671
Whooping Cough275839
Snail pox110
TOTALS2202660124