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Bermondsey 1914

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914

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TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.
Notifiable Disease.
NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
At all
ages
At Ages—Years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total.
1
2
3
St. John.
St. Olave.
3
Under
I.
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)
214
3
6 4
125
4
2
...
21
9
26
21
1 3 8
30
27
10
67
3
3
16
18
43
Erysipelas
128
7
14
13
44
7
17
12
24
13
11
9
14
13
5
32
8
1
8
86
35
Scarlet Fever
10
176
319
47
15
...
1
59
60
113
79
54
24
389
38
90
22
150
20
4
568
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Enteric Fever
8
...
1
2
1
3
1
...
...
1
...
...
5
2
...
1
3
...
...
2
Relapsing Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
Puerperal Fever
5
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
2
1
...
3
...
...
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
5
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
3
...
...
3
...
...
1
...
Poliomyelitis
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
445
3
16
53
90
181
96
61
63
44
32
39
298
47
34
13
94
23
6
59
2 5
Other forms of Tuberculosis
99
9
17
10
9
...
14
5
5
64
11
11
6
28
2
4
19
43
11
9
Iz
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
21
...
...
...
...
2
7
1
2
3
18
1
1
3
...
...
...
21
...
3
1
Totals
1494
58
556
177
254
152
14
171
167
260
177
128
100
1003
148
177
58
383
56
37
283

TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.

Notifiable Disease.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIEDBermondsey.Rotherhithe.St. Olave.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all agesAt Ages—Years.123456Total.1233St. 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)2143641251642...21943262118138302710673339205
Erysipelas128781413354471712241311986141353281110...
Scarlet Fever568101763194715...15960113795424389389022150204529546
Typhus Fever..........................................1...........................
Enteric Fever8...12131......1...12...52...13............5
Relapsing Fever........................................................................
Continued Fever Puerperal Fever5............5......1............1221...3...............
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis541...............1............123......3...............
Poliomyelitis11..............................1...1...........................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis4453165390181966616359443239298473413942325553...
Other forms of Tuberculosis999174310119...91914Iz556411116282417...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2121..................237123181113...............
Totals14945828355617725415214171167260177128100100314817758383563715108756