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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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1921.
Enumerated Population, 1921 (unrevised) 184,388
Estimated population (1921) 187,142
Total Births 5,038
Total Deaths 2,633
Birth Bate for London 22-3
Do. Southwark 27.3
Death Rate for London 12.4
Do. Southwark 14.3
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified
Measles | 405 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 16 |
Epidemic Diarrhaea | 400 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 46 |
Scarlet Fever | 1266 |
Enteric Fever | 7 |
Diphtheria | 534 |
Erysipelas | 144 |
Puerperal Fever | 17 |
Membranous Croup | 3 |
Anthrax | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 |
Phthisis | 430 |
Other Tuberculosis | 131 |
Polio-Myelitis.., | 1 |
Influenzal and Primary Pneumonia | 261 |
Malaria | 8 |
Total | 3,676 |