[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 13

Lewisham 1945

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Section "E" (Continued)
UNSOUND FOOD
A considerable amount of Food was surrendered as unfit for
human consumption, largely due to war conditions. In all,
approximately 37 tons 17 cwts. of Foodstuffs were dealt with by
the Council's Food Inspectors, consisting mainly of Meat at the
Wholesale Meat Depot and Fruit Pulp, Fish, etc.
In co-operation with the Salvage Division of the Ministry
of food, in order to prevent wastage where possible, this unsound
food was forwarded to the appropriate authorities for re-conditioning
or animal feeding.
SECTION "F" - PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
PRINCIPAL NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis)

Table: Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis)during the year 1945 with comparative figures for the previous six years. It should be borne in mind that some of the war-time figures were considerably affected by evacuation of population.

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Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis)

during the year 1945 with comparative figures for the previous six years. It should be borne in mind that some of the war-time figures were considerably affected by evacuation of population.

Diseases	Number of Cases Notified
Diseases	1945	1944	1943	1942	1941	1940	1939
Cerebro-spinal Fever	3	4	8	25	31	30	11
Continued and Relapsing Fever	1	•	•	•	•	•	1
Diarrhoea and Enteritis	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Diphtheria	24	24	26	53	82	78	137
Dysentery	31	65	23	34	13	7	10
Encephalitis Lethargica (Acute)	•	•	•	•	2	•	1
Enteric or Typhoid Fever	•	•	1	2	11	7	3
Erysipelas	50	86	57	52	60	53	52
Influenza	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Malaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Measles	462	688	1270	858	726	119	48
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	1	4	17	4	4	7	14
Pneumonia	71	110	176	103	148	113	216
Polio-encephalitis (Acute)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Poliomyelitis (Acute)	5	•	•	5	1	2	3
Puerperal Pyrexia	21	19	20	27	19	11	29
Scabies*	566	654	515	•	•	•	•
Scarlet Fever	197	270	683	255	98	109	330
Smallpox	•	1	•	•	•	•	•
Puerperal Fever	4	1	1	3	2	1	2
Whooping Cough	238	275	219	254	415	24	704
TOTALS	1674	2201	3016	1675	1612	561	1563
*Notifiable as from 1st August, 1943.

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Table: Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis)during the year 1945 with comparative figures for the previous six years. It should be borne in mind that some of the war-time figures were considerably affected by evacuation of population.