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Chislehurst 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The year 1938 was a fairly satisfactory one from the point
of view of incidence of Infectious Disease, the number of
notifications received (excluding Tuberculosis) being 1,129, as
compared with 396 in 1937. The increase was chiefly due to
the number of cases of Measles notified, there being 807 more
notifications of this complaint than in the previous year.
The following Table shows the number of cases of each disease notified during the year:
| Scarlet Fever | 140 |
| Diphtheria | 75 |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 33 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 |
| Dysentery | 11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 |
| Measles | 831 |
Reference to Table 1 in the Appendix will show:
1.—Cases notified at various ages.
2.—Total number of cases removed to hospital.
3.—Number of Deaths registered.