London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery. No. of cases notified | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
In view of the possibility under war conditions of typhus fever being introduced into this country consideration was given to schemes for the isolation of cases of typhus fever and it was agreed to co-operate with the County Council in this matter and after a period the County Council made a scheme whereby the first eight cases in the County would be admitted to London County Council hospitals and thereafter and to the extent that accommodation was available at Bow Arrow Hospital, the County Coucil making arrangements for other cases of infectious disease during this period to be taken to other infectious diseases hospitals.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever. No. of cases notified | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 5 | — | 3 |
| No. of deaths | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| No. of deaths non-notified cases | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis. No. of cases notified | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| No. of deaths | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning. No. of cases notified | — | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | — |