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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 1952
[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 duriug the year.
| DISEASE. | Total cases notified | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | Age unknown | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 94 | – | – | 7 | 82 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 9 | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 13 | – | 17 | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 42 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 29 | – | 15 | – |
| Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 | – |
| Acute Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Erysipelas | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 19 | – | 1 | – |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | – |
| Dysentery | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| Measles | 1584 | 25 | 231 | 364 | 923 | 20 | 10 | 11 | – | 6 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 188 | 10 | 53 | 55 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – |
| Scabies | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 1971 | 38 | 289 | 429 | 1082 | 27 | 22 | 84 | – | 63 | 2 |