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Chislehurst 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
From the point of view of incidence of Infectious Disease
the year 1937 was a fairly satisfactory one, the number of
notifications having fallen from 983 in 1936 to 396 in 1937.
This is chiefly due to the large decrease in the number of cases
of Measles notified.
The following Table shows the number of each disease notified during the year:—
| Scarlet Fever | 207 |
| Diphtheria | 55 |
| Typhoid Fever | 7 |
| Eirsyipelas | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 49 |
| Measles | 24 |
| Dysentery | 22 |
Reference to Table I. in the Appendix will show:—
1.— Cases notified at various ages.
2.— Total number of cases removed to hospital.
3.— Number of deaths registered.