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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Disease. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Males. | Females. | Total. | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 208 | 246 | 105 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 279 | 344 | 623 | 593 | 4 |
| Smallpox | 4 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 84 | 77 | 161 | 161 | - |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 131 | 177 | 58 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 212 | 235 | 447 | 446 | 14 |
| Memb. Croup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | 23 | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Measles | 126 | 1379 | 839 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1209 | 1189 | 2398 | 692 | 53 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 17 | - | - | 118 | 68 | 186 | 68 | 37 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 12 | 26 | 8 | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | - | 38 | 39 | 77 | 40 | 1 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Mvelitis | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 189 | 1757 | 1312 | 237 | 91 | 100 | 98 | 71 | 56 | 31 | 30 | 4 | - | 1973 | 2003 | 3976 | 2056 | 123 |