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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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51
DIARRHÆA.
The deaths from Diarrhæa and Enteritis numbered 59. The year
under consideration was again distinctly favourable to infants in regard
to these complaints. The death rate from all ages being the lowest in
the history of the borough.

Table: The annual death-rate at all ages from Diarrhæa per 1,000 living was 0 32.Deaths from diarrhæa during the last ten years:—

The annual death-rate at all ages from Diarrhæa per 1,000 living was 0 32.

Deaths from diarrhæa during the last ten years:—

19113311916107
1912951917108
1913205191881
19142071919104
1915148192059

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WHOOPING COUGH.
There has been a slight increase of this disease during 1920, the
deaths being 27 for the year.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 living was 0.14.

Table: Deaths from Whooping Cough for the last ten years:—

Deaths from Whooping Cough for the last ten years:—

191164191644
191249191735
1913381918129
191459191910
191546192027

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CEREBRO -SPINAL FEYER, ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA,
POLIO-MYELITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS.
A table dealing with these diseases will be found on pages 52 and 53.