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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 29
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1965 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| Diseases | Under 1 | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 71 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||||
| Measles | 75 | 59 | 461 | 474 | 473 | 457 | 494 | 467 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1,529 | 1,485 | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | - | 45 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 11 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 38 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 85 | ||||
| Tuberculosis | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 15 | 39 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 104 | 53 | ||
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 52 | 56 |