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Bermondsey 1915

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 NOTIFIEDBermondsey.Rotherhithe.St. Olave.Total Casees 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-pox1...............1............1.........1........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)2253891091194...202535342215151243096374...11225
Erysipelas12358182032319131619151313899144273227...
Scarlet Fever36521241932619132125767045162643436188857113302
Enteric Fever21......3774......611121124282......213
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever1.........1............1..........................................
Puerperal Fever7.........34.........1211...52......2...............
Cerebro-SpinalMeningitis208444.........1432...2125117...1...16
Polio-myelitis2...2.......................................1...11......1...
Chicken Pox1339517021......49151136159017221401...231
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1212........................213...642...6............1
Anthrax1.........1........................11...........................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis331164266144663964534462421123284714188911231...
Other forms of Tuberculosis1219256610911111817201088417142333...14...
Totals1363493095051512251081712015020420215595926142171513644025873548