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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TABLE 13. Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the various wards for 1923.
WARD. | Cerebro Spinal Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Chicken Pox. | Encephalitis Lethargica. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Mary | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | 40 | 67 | 31 | 2 | — | — |
St. Paul | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 25 | 66 | 16 | 1 | — | — |
St. Peter | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 48 | 14 | — | — | 1 |
St. John | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | — | 10 | 19 | 57 | 22 | 4 | — | 1 |
Trinity | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 10 | 19 | 49 | 22 | 5 | — | — |
All Saints | — | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 23 | 48 | 27 | 1 | — | — |
St. Michael | — | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | 30 | 71 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
St. Jude | — | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 17 | 36 | 22 | — | — | 1 |
St. George | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 13 | 7 | — | 1 |
Christchurch | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 26 | 23 | — | — | — |
St. Saviour | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 24 | 10 | — | — | 1 |
Borough | 4 | 13 | 4 | 49 | 27 | 2 | 61 | 231 | 554 | 226 | 25 | 1 | 6 |