Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915
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TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1915.
Notifiable Disease. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | Total Casees removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total. | 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 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 225 | 3 | 89 | 109 | 11 | 9 | 4 | ... | 20 | 25 | 35 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 151 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 63 | 7 | 4 | ... | 11 | 225 |
Erysipelas | 123 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 89 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 365 | 2 | 124 | 193 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 76 | 70 | 45 | 16 | 264 | 34 | 36 | 18 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 302 |
Enteric Fever | 21 | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 13 |
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-SpinalMeningitis | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 |
Polio-myelitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Chicken Pox | 133 | 9 | 51 | 70 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 15 | 90 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 331 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 66 | 144 | 66 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 46 | 24 | 211 | 23 | 28 | 47 | 14 | 18 | 89 | 11 | 2 | 31 | ... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 121 | 9 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 84 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
Totals | 1363 | 49 | 309 | 505 | 151 | 225 | 108 | 17 | 120 | 150 | 204 | 202 | 155 | 95 | 926 | 142 | 171 | 51 | 364 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 73 | 548 |