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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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
DISEASE | CONFIRMED CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough - Age Groups, 1960 | Total 1960 | Total 1959 | Removed to Hospital 1960 | ||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | ||||
Anthrax | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | ||||||||||
Dysentery | 33 | 77 | 65 | 62 | 54 | 159 | 52 | 49 | 91 | 19 | 25 | 686 | 341 | 308 |
Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||||
Infective | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Post infectious | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | - | |||||||||
Pood Poisoning: | ||||||||||||||
Bacterial | 2 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 75 | 27 | 3 | ||||
*Malaria | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Measles | 11 | 38 | 41 | 63 | 35 | 131 | 1 | 2 | 322 | 1,029 | 12 | |||
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Paratyphoid | ~ | 19 | - |