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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| 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 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 48 | 42 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 13 | 9 |
| Measles | 74 | 61 | 432 | 445 | 383 | 365 | 391 | 356 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1,311 | 1,250 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 67 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 47 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 82 | 92 |
| Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 70 | 46 |
| Typhoid | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 24 | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 79 |