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 Lewisham]
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Ages. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever, | Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Dysentry. | Totals in Age Groups. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | — | 7 | — | 1 | 17 | — | 33 | — | 58 |
1 and under 5 years | — | 37 | 6 | 22 | 11 | — | 10 | — | 86 |
5 and under 15 years | — | 2 | 5 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 |
15 and under *25 years | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
25 years and upwards | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 7 |
Total all ages | — | 47 | 11 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 181 |
Note.—Typhus Fever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic
Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred
during the year.