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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 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913

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Table: TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.

TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.

Notifiable Disease.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.BermondseyRotherhithe.St. Olave.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all ages.At Ages- Years.123456Total.123Total.St. John.St. Olave.St. Thomas.Total.
Under 1.1 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15, and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards
Small-pox........................................................................
Cholera Plague........................................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)2501190126149......42273336151216536221371103114220
Erysipelas128419203737201011132513981152144033171
Scarlet fever745152164554118......60899513210035511879925211156223704
Typhus Fever1.........1............1............1........................1
Enteric Fever26......10772...253...12131...78221521
Relapsing Fever Continued Fever........................................................................
Puerperal Fever13.........310......1......3...26111321142
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis31...2............1......1...13........................1
Poliomyelitis3111............1......1......21......1...............
Pulmonary Tuberculosis5711271081122209948173786837543917054151392710441...
Other forms of Tuberculosis189425108271753313021216191282213843142218...
Ophthalmia Neonatorium2424..................2741221812251......1...
Totals19536136081922531814327231243247288174136131923421275521742712113950