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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the year 1940.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the year 1940.

Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total cases removed to Hospital.Deaths]
At all Ages.at ages—years.
Under 1 yearr1 and u nder 2 years•2 and under 3 years3 and under 4 years4 and under 5 years5 and under 10 years10 and under 15years15 a nd under 20 years20 and under 35years35 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and over
Scarlel Fever67...4351327833 31......53...
Diphtheria47...2...981762.........294
Typhoid Fever1..................1.....................
Erysipelas171.....................5155......
Puerperal
Pyrexia3.....................3.........2...
Pneumonia617434193...69123...28
Measles1515713161484101...1.........2.
Ophthalmia1
Neonatorum1.......................................
Whooping
Cough12............642.....................
Dysentery1...........................1............
Cerebro-Spinal
Fever41..................12.........31
total365151719344214130722131788735