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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Disease | Under 1 | 1– | 2– | 4– | 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 | M | F | |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | – | 2 | – | – | 67 | 70 | |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| Infective Jaundice | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 21 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 39 | 42 | 117 | 121 | 296 | 295 | 138 | 131 | 286 | 287 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 886 | 901 |
| Meningococcal infection | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 10 |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 50 |
| Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 63 | 44 |
| Typhoid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 16 |