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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 1916
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1916.
Estimated population 177,166
Total Births 4,896
Total Deaths 3,039
Birth Bate for London 23.0
Do. Southwark 27.6
Death Rate for London 14.3
Do. Southwark 17.1
Cases of Infectious Disease notified.
| Measles. | Anthrax. | Polio Myelitis. | Ophthalm. neonatorm. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Continued Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2310 | 2 | 13 | 57 | 301 | 13 | 434 | 174 | 16 | 8 | - | 25 | 639 | 251 | 4243 |
| Total excludingPhthisis.| | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | — | 84 | 5 | 41 | 44 | — | 2 | 107 | 391 | - |
| The Zymotic Rate per 1000 an d Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 1.57 | — | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.24 | — | 0.01 | 0.60 | 2.20 | 98 |