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Woolwich 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 47. Enteric Fever 1937.
| No. | Date Notified. | Sex. | Age. | Diagnosis. | Final Diagnosis. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31/1/37 | M. | 28 | Typhoid Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 2 | 10/3/37 | F. | 28 | Enteric Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 3 | 16/3/37 | F. | 39 | Enteric Fever | Paratyphoid B. | — |
| 4 | 20/3/37 | M. | 4 | Typhoid Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 5 | 22/3/37 | M. | 16 | Enteric Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 6 | 22/3/37 | M. | 13 | Enteric Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 7 | 25/3/37 | M. | 47 | Typhoid Fever | Renal Tuberculosis | — |
| 8 | 7/5/37 | M. | 51 | Paratyphoid Fever | Sub-phrenic Abscess | — |
| 9 | 31/5/37 | M. | 29 | Enteric Fever | Paratyphoid Fever | — |
| 10 | 22/6/37 | F. | 22 | Typhoid Fever | Scarlet Fever | — |
| 11 | 9/8/37 | M. | 24 | Typhoid Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 12 | 25/8/37 | M. | 12 | Paratyphoid B. | Paratyphoid B. | — |
| 13 | 30/8/37 | F. | 8 | Paratyphoid B. | Paratyphoid B. | — |
| 14 | 31/8/37 | F. | 41 | Enteric Fever | Food Poisoning (Bac. Gaertner) | — |
| 15 | 3/9/37 | M. | 20 | Paratyphoid Fever | Paratyphoid Fever | — |
| 16 | 9/10/37 | F. | 33 | Typhoid Fever | Enteric Fever | — |
| 17 | 26/10/37 | M. | 28 | Typhoid Fever | Sonne Dysentery | — |
Dysentery.
The number of cases notified during the year was 81, only 3 of which had been
notified prior to the end of October. On the 9th day of November, 1937, I drew the
attention of medical practitioners practising in the Borough to the incidence of
Sonne Dysentery in London, and following on this 48 cases were notified during
November and 30 during December. Steps were not taken to confirm the diagnoses
bacteriologically except in a few instances. One case was so confirmed. The
disease was mild. The number of notified cases of Dysentery in 1936 was 4.
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Four notifications of anterior poliomyelitis were received during the year,
compared with one in 1936 and two in 1935. All these cases were admitted to the