Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Estimated population | 187,142 |
Total Births Total Deaths | 5,954 2,685 |
Birth Bate for London | 26.5 |
Do. Southwark | 31.8 |
Death Bate for London | 12.4 |
Do. Southwark | 14.4 |
Measles | 946 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 |
Epidemic Diarrhæa | 17 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 91 |
Scarlet Fever | 893 |
Enteric Fever | 8 |
Diphtheria | 453 |
Erysipelas | 179 |
Puerperal Fever | 17 |
Membranous Croup | 4 |
Anthrax | 3 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 8 |
Phthisis | 415 |
Other Tuberculosis | 149 |
Polio-Encephalitis | 1 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 43 |
Primary Pneumonia | 222 |
Malaria | 24 |
Dysentery | 1 |
Total | 3,480 |