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Southwark 1930

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

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TABLE 40.

Cases of Infectious Disease.

Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Soutlwark, during each week of the year 1930.

Week Ending.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Cerebrospinal Fever.Small-Pox.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Malaria.Ophthalmia NeonatorumPhthisis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.Measles.Encephalitis Lethargica.Epidemic Diarrhæa.Pneumonia.Dysentery.Pueperal Pyrexia.Polio-Encephalitis.Polio-MyelitisChicken Pox.Anthrax.Total.
1930 Jan. 41916.........99.........6...174......14...1......19...260
„ 111613.........132.........6...123......7............14...199
„ 182215.........71.........113151......14...1......13...238
,, 2515131......541...19...1991...9...1......16...275
Feb. 1615.........3...1...272194......10............40...280
„ 82182.........4......13...192......12............26...269
,, 151424.........32......2611861...8...2......21...270
„ 22225.........1.........3101193......i...1......49...292
March 11614.........111......72213......8...1......21...285
„ 81915.........13......152172......1125.........40...294
„ 15519.........32.........6...157......11...1......24...228
„ 222115...(1)...13.........61117......9...1......40...215
„ 291512.........22.........6294......9............12...154
April 52218............4......18190......10...1............155
„ 121018.........32......26364......5...1............114
„ 19185.........43.........8150......5..................94
„ 26107............1......17342......9..................82
May 31017............2.........9137......4..................80
„ 1094......142......16...25......10...1............63
„ 171317.........44.........7112......2..................60
„ 24269...............1......929............1............57
„ 311215.........6...1...17113......8..................64

4 cases and 2 bags of horsehair weighing 8 cwts. 1 qr. 27 lbs. and
1 fur coat were also disinfected at the Depot.