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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 33
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1971 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| M | F | M | F | 2- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65 + | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease | Under 1 | 1- | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | 10 | |||||
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 11 | |||||
| Infective Jaundice | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 17 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Malaria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 25 | 31 | 83 | 77 | 171 | 170 | 95 | 77 | 203 | 211 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 589 | 592 |
| Meningococcal infection | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 15 | 13 | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 71 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 35 | |||||
| Typhoid | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 7 | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 35 | |||||||