Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 40
Diseases | Under 1 | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65 + | Total | ||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Dysentery | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 51 | |||
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Food poisoning | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
Measles | 57 | 58 | 516 | 511 | 539 | 555 | 971 | 959 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2139 | 2139 |
Meningococcal | ||||||||||||||||||||
infection | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
Paratyphoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 24 |
Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 46 |
Scabies | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
Scarlet fever | - | - | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 45 |
Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
(respiratory) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 11 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 71 | 42 |
Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
(non-respiratory) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 |
Whooping cough | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 42 |
Totals | 66 | 69 | 539 | 535 | 559 | 585 | 1030 | 1012 | 53 | 48 | 37 | 53 | 34 | 84 | 52 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 2396 | 2424 |