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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1972 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Measies | 14 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 45 | 54 | 33 | 29 | 99 | 82 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 223 | 197 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 22 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 43 |
| Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 75 | 28 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |