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Bexley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other than Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1946.

The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other than Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1946.

DISEASETotal cases notifiedUnder 1CASES NOTIFIED AT ALL AGES—YEARSCases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths
1 to 33 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 and overAge unknown
Smallpox Scarlet Fever*1021921421411434
Diphtheria†812122-81
Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid)2112
Puerperal Pyrexia14684
Pneumonia3711133424335
Encephalitis Lethargica
Acute Poliomyelitis111
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22
Erysipelas272613
Cerebro-spinal Fever31112
Dysentery15%211381
Measles3581382791649744
Whooping Cough593151625
Scabies3391171243347011052
Totals9672112813228161104187536236

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* 1 Non-civilian Scarlet Fever. t 1 Non-civilian Diphtheria.