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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Deaths during the last 5 years:—
1926 3 1929 10
1927 4 1930 5
1928 3
2 cases of Encephalitis Lethargica were notified with 3 deaths.
Deaths during the last 5 years:—
1926 3 1929 3
1927 4 1930 3*
1928 2
1 Notified in 1929.
1 case of Polio-Myelitis was notified during the year.
ACUTE PRIMARY AND INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA.
334 cases were notified during the year. 190 of these were removed
to hospital or infirmary. There were 65 deaths of these notified cases.
CANCER.
This disease continues to engage serious study.
The age period most affected was 45-65 years. (111 cases), and 250
deaths in all were recorded during the year.
Of this number 184 died in Hospital and 66 at home.
In all cases disinfection of rooms and bedding is offered where deaths
have occurred, and in 65 cases this was carried out.
The deaths from Cancer for the last five years is as follows.—
1926 258
1927 260
1928 252
1929 254
1930 250
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths during the last five years were as follows:—
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 10 | 3 |
| 1927 | 10 | 1 |
| 1928 | 2 | 1 |
| 1929 | 5 | 1 |
| 1930 | 2 | 1 |
The number of deaths from Measles during the last five years were as follows:—
| Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| 1926 | 51 |
| 1927 | 27 |
| 1928 | 72 |
| 1929 | 16 |
| 1930 | 77 |