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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
Bermondsey 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905
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Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1905.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—Years. | Bermondsey. Wards. | Rotherhithe. Wards. | St. Olave. Wards. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total. | St. John. | St. Olave. | St. Thomas | Total. | |||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 165 | 8 | 68 | 69 | 9 | 11 | – | 25 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 113 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 108 | 29 | 12 |
| Membranous croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 157 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 91 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 99 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | – | – | – |
| Scarlet fever | 768 | 13 | 274 | 438 | 34 | 9 | – | 49 | 46 | 65 | 61 | 62 | 46 | 329 | 206 | 113 | 90 | 409 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 297 | 365 | 30 |
| Typhus fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric fever | 42 | – | – | 16 | 14 | 12 | – | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 9 | – |
| Relapsing fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 1139 | 26 | 352 | 543 | 75 | 128 | 15 | 102 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 86 | 88 | 570 | 251 | 149 | 108 | 508 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 421 | 403 | 42 |