Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Typhoid Fever and Para Typhoid Fever.
There were no cases notified during the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
9 cases were notified during the year, of which 3 were
from Bexleyheath Maternity Hospital, where they were
isolated and treated. 5 cases were removed to other hospitals
and one case was isolated at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were no cases notified during the year.
Measles.
45 cases were notified during the year. 1 case was treated
in hopital.
Whooping Cough.
230 cases were notified, 3 of which were treated in
hospital. There was one death of an unnotified case.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
2 Paralytic cases and 1 Non Paralytic case were notified
and all were treated in hospital. There were no deaths.
Scabies.
1 case was notified during the year.
Food Poisoning.
8 cases were notified during the year. Of these 3 were
treated in hospital.
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