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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The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other than
Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.
| DISEASE. | Total cases notified | CASES NOTIFIED AT ALL AGES—YEARS. | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 • | 4 to 5 1 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 377 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 219 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 7 | — | — | 154 | — |
| Diptheria | 21 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia | 76 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 39 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | *5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | *1 | *1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 12 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Measles | 823 | 25 | 57 | 62 | 121 | 91 | 403 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 108 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 42 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scabiesf | 129 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 1593 | 45 | 71 | 88 | 171 | 148 | 711 | 124 | 45 | 83 | 46 | 52 | 10 | 204 | 42 |
*Two of these cases were non-civilian. †Disease made notifiable as from 1st November. 1943.