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Bermondsey 1911

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911

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Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1911.
Notifiable Disease.
Cases Notified in Whole District.
Total Cases Notified ill each Locality.
At Ages—Years.
At all
Ages.
Borraondsey.
15 to
25
25 to
45
45 to
65
65 and
upwards
1
3
4
6
Total.
5 to
15
2
5
Under
1
1
1 to
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small-pox
...
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
34
36
29
28
28
260
14
119
111
16
184
9
6
1
41
Erysipelas
...
153
3
8
12
18
63
31
18
18
19
24
11
7
109
14
30
Scarlet Fever
109
305
8
162
21
5
30
26
22
206
34
55
39
34
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
29
8
12
9
3
...
7
2
3
18
3
...
...
...
...
...
Relapsing Fever
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
...
4
9
2
1
3
1
1
8
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
Plague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Post Basic Meningitis
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
......
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
36
...
...
...
36
1
11
9
8
2
31
1
26
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
142
...
64
52
23
20
17
16
4
14
94
4
...
...
Acute Polio-myelitis or Acute
Polio-eucephalitis
...
...
...
3
3
3
...
1
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
124
86
655
110
62
162
122
943
88
75
345
64

Table: Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1911.

Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1911.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified ill each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Bormondsey.Rotherhithe.St. Olave.
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards123456Total.123Total.St. John.St. ThomasSt. Olave.Total.
Small-pox........................................................................
Cholera........................................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)26014119111961...4136342916281842815176072716233
Erysipelas153381218633118301819241171091414113931155
Scarlet Fever3058109162215......5530393426222063428278961310285
Typhus Fever........................................................................
Enteric Fever29......8129......37...23...1833173...1419
Relapsing Fever........................................................................
Continued Fever........................................................................
Puerperal Fever13.........49......21...31182...131...121
Plague........................................................................
Post Basic Meningitis11....................................11...........................
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1...1........................1......1...........................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3636..................11981...2311......14......4...
Chicken-pox142266452............202317164149443094341...5...
Acute Polio-myelitis or Acute Polio-eucephalitis3...3.....................2...1...3..............................
Totals943883043456492321816212412211062756558690662422851346543