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Bermondsey 1912

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912

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Table lll.—Cases op Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.
Bermondsby.
Rotherhithe.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.
NUMBER of cases notified.
At Ages —Years.
St. John.
St. Olave.
AT ALL
AGES.
1
2
3
5
Total.
1
2
3
Total.
6
1
and under
5 years.
5
and under
15 years.
25
and under
45 years.
45
and under
65 years.
65 and
upwards.
4
15
and under
25 years.
Under
1.
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cholera Plague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
32
5
139
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
30
27
9
26
24
16
66
78
100
21
7
19
22
214
8
...
...
6
24
15
104
13
27
7
47
11
12
59
43
17
11
15
28
11
Erysipelas
163
3
18
49
265
20
1
42
46
55
19
52
55
11
118
Scarlet Fever
145
229
28
3
54
411
5
...
...
1
...
1
1
Typhus Fever
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
2
1
2
2
12
3
1
5
23
4
1
6
Enteric Fever
34
10
9
11
...
...
...
...
...
Relapsing Fever
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
2
12
5
4
1
1
16
Puerperal Fever
19
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
3
2
1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
2
4
2
1
8
Poliomyelitis
8
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
141
27
122
20
76
83
89
543
90
68
26
184
5
20
144
155
313
85
69
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
779
3
Ophthalmia Neonatorium
9
13
5
9
38
1
1
2
42
42
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Meningococial Meningitis
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
191
265
185
160
149
1141
68
182
62
422
191
178
405
1675
68
169
260
496
37
Totals
240
13

Table: Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.

Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.Bermondsey.Rotherhithe.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)214878100217......30322719229139262416665139194
Erysipelas16331112185943171124152811151041327747624121
Scarlet Fever41151452292831...424946545519265525511118205328389
Typhus Fever1...............1...............1...1........................1
Enteric Fever34...2109112...1223...152314165......527
Relapsing Fever Continued Fever........................................................................
Puerperal Fever19.........712......5541...116............2...131
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis31......2.........11......1...3...........................
Poliomyelitis8341............1221...28...........................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis7795201441553131222076141838569895439068261842752052...
Ophthalmia Neonatorium4242..................13952...938......113......3...
Meningococial Meningitis11...........................1......1...........................
Totals16756826049624040516937191265185191160149114118217862422681331112