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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 1907

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1907

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Table III.—Cases op Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1907.
Cases Notified in Whole District.
No. of Cases Removed
to Hospital from each
Locality.
Total Cases Notified in each Locality.
Notifiable Disease.
Rotherhithe.
Bermondsey.
At Ages—Years.
St. Olave.
At all
Ages.
Total.
1
2
3
Total.
2
3
4
5
6
Bermondsey
Rotherhithe.
St.
Olave.
1 to
5.
15 to
25.
65 and
upwards
1
St.
John.
St.
Olave.
St.
Thomas
Total.
Under
1.
25 to
65.
5 to
15.
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
46
311
5
125
144
24
13
33
36
37
31
26
209
41
28
11
80
13
8
1
22
191
77
21
...
17
8
6
...
Erysipelas
140
9
15
9
86
15
17
24
14
13
6
91
17
19
5
41
6
2
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
104
64
140
123
1023
11
319
606
67
20
153
105
72
697
94
113
55
262
42
16
6
653
248
64
...
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
4
3
44
2
13
11
18
4
4
2
4
18
7
6
10
23
3
16
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
Relapsing Fever
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
1
4
1
1
1
3
4
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Plague
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis
2
...
1
2
7
1
3
2
1
1
1
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
23
458
780
112
142
15
210
205
177
151
Totals
1530
171
109
1023
160
169
81
410
64
26
7
97
860
346
85

Table: Table III.—Cases op Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1907.

Table III.—Cases op Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1907.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Bermondsey.Rotherhithe.St. Olave.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards123456Total.123Total.St. John.St. Olave.St. ThomasTotal.BermondseyRotherhithe.St. Olave.
Small-pox..............................................................................
Cholera..............................................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)31151251442413...463336373126209412811801381221917721289
Erysipelas1406915986151717241413691171954162...8............
Scarlet Fever1023113196066720...104153140123105726979411355262421666465324864965
Typhus Fever..............................................................................
Enteric Fever44...2131118...4442...4187610233......31621...37
Relapsing Fever.............................................................................
Continued Fever..............................................................................
Puerperal Fever5.........14......1............113...4........................
Plague.............................................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis7132...1......211217....................................
Totals153023458780142112151712102051771511091023160169814106426797860346851291