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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 1924

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

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Table: TABLE 10.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1924.

TABLE 10.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1924.

DiseaseAt ages—Years.Sex.At all ages.St. Mary's Ward.St. Paul's Ward.St. Peter's Ward.St. John's Ward.Trinity Ward.All Saints' Ward.St. Michael's Ward.St. Jude's Ward.St. George's Ward.Christchurch Ward.St. Saviour's WardSt. Mary's Ward.St. Paul's Ward.St. Peter's Ward.St. John's Ward.Trinity Ward.All Saint's Ward.St. Michael's Ward.St. Jude's Ward.St. George's Ward.Christchurch Ward.St. Saviour's WardTotal.
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85Male.Female.
Ophthalmia 121....................................1110213321335121213...3............12
Neonatorum)
Small-Pox.....................................................................................................................
Scarlet Fever...296181751913103...............24429053487573640353779554019198755343S35377855101819527
Enteric Fever...21221......3............75121...1213111...11...1213111...112
Diphtheria183312278857282686...2......3694227919690666265897379108263796906461658871791089ft36781
Memb. Croup...22...............1...............44.........12.........1............12.........1......4
Erysipelas... ...13696210262123716759126141116131767111 579....................................
Puerperal Fever...............398..................202012534111125g1112120
Csrebro-Spinal...1-......11..................3-31............1............11............1............13
Fever
Phthisis...39154052868580431027115640755473941113761...361 018.................. ..................
Tuberculosis136432514685622......846414815811211013201215914........................
Measles13<1178472411416111.........931918184924518114733318910919615412010280.....................
Anthrax..................................................................................................................
Polio-Myelitis...2...1...........................3...3.........2............1...............1.........12
Polio-Encepha......................................................................................................
litis......
Diarrhæa17711.........1..................151126121665......32......1..............................
Encph. Lethar...21...7432...?......17143135315501O 9...314...145113....3...
Pneumonia32741110137222525158......1538924232151730309939142271428151211910391918411195
Malaria........................1............1...1............1..............................1..................1
Totals234187995427117211818216414886291217620624238654421344556,3983344843613681922202176712518(1130157187149174491011586