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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

Chislehurst 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the year 1939.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the year 1939.

Disease.Number of Casus Notified.Total cases removed to Hospital.Deaths
At all Ages.at ages—years.
Under 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 3 years3 and under 4 years4 and under 5 years5 and under 10 years10 and under 15 years15 and 1 under 20 year20 and under 35 years35 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and over
Scarlet Fever211...39151110536141242...1841
Diphtheria491...255245241......374
Erysipelas5...1..................22............
Typhoid Fever2...........................1............
Puerperal Pyrexia10.....................1811.........
Pneumonia3831...1151...15104...34
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11.......................................
Acute Poliomyelitis1...............1........................
Malaria1........................1...............
Dysentery2........................1......1......
Whooping Cough6111.12.....................2
Measles323324612...2..................
Total358981426241494219351413622141