London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notifikd in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Casks Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | At Ages—Years. | 65 and upwards | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham andForest Hill. | ||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria Membranous croup | 250 | 5 | 66 | 143 | 16 | 20 | — | 57 | 140 | 53 | 48 | 106 | 38 |
| Erysipelas | 82 | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | 448 | 5 | 120 | 253 | 54 | 16 | — | 57 | 278 | 113 | 47 | 193 | 89 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 43 | — | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | — | 4 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 832 | 10 | 192 | 409 | 89 | 124 | 8 | 127 | 486 | 219 | 98 | 319 | 142 |