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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
Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906 | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 78 | 1 | ||||||||
| (6) Unvaccinated | ||||||||||
| (c) No statement | ||||||||||
| Measles | 164 | 83 | 191 | 154 | 95 | 112 | 77 | 12/ | 225 | 120 |
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | ||||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 38 | '28 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 114 | 68 | 118 | 80 | 54 | 103 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 64 |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 63 | 23 | 26 | 44 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 30 |
| Enteric Fever | 23 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Asiatic Cholera | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 88 | 97 | 101 | 84 | 80 | 59 | 77 | 73 | 49 | 104 |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 81 | 100 | 181 | 99 | 139 | 42 | 111 | 40 | 41 | 107 |
| Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Polio-Encephalitis | ||||||||||
| Chicken Pox | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Rotheln | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Mumps | 1 | |||||||||
| Hydrophobia | ||||||||||
| Glanders, Farcy | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tetanus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Anthrax, Splenic Fever | 2 | |||||||||
| Cowpox, Accidents of Vaccination | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 15 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
| Gonorrhœa | ||||||||||
| Phagæedena | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 10 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia | 33 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Infective Endocarditis | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| Carbuncle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Boils | 2 | |||||||||
| Cellulitis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Mastoiditis | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tonsilitis | 2 | |||||||||
| Malarial Fever | ||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart. | 18 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis, total | 705 | 680 | 651 | 582 | 572 | 550 | 522 | 496 | 462 | 413 |
| Tubercular Disease of Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus | 49 | 59 | 68 | 53 | 66 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 41 |
| Laryngeal and Pulmonary Phthisis | 550 | 496 | 499 | 443 | 429 | 425 | 403 | 377 | 368 | 326 |
| Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 42 | 72 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
| General Tuberculosis, Tubercular Disease of undefined position | 56 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 29 | 21 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 8 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |