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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Disease. | 0- | 1- | 6- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Males. | Females. | Total | Cases ad- mitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 374 | 520 | 229 | 39 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 563 | 705 | 1268 | 1200 | 3 |
| Smallpox | 1 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 28 | 35 | 63 | 63 | - | |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 159 | 185 | 80 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 230 | 256 | 486 | 486 | 12 | |
| Memb. Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 26 | 23 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 15 | ||
| Measles | 53 | 520 | 557 | 53 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 562 | 657 | 1219 | 209 | 6 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| D)*sentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia | 3 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 127 | 91 | 218 | 78 | 44 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 19 | 9 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 78 | 138 | 66 | - | |
| Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | |||
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||
| 102 | 1094 | 1283 | 113 | 120 | 127 | 79 | 86 | 57 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1602 | 1886 | 3488 | 2179 | 91 |