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Bermondsey 1916

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1916

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TABLE VII.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1916.
Notifiable Disease
NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
St. Olave.
At all
ages.
At Ages Years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total.
1
2
3
Total.
St. John.
St. Thomns.
St. Olave.
Under
1
65 and
upwards.
1 and
under
5
years.
5 an
under
15
years.
15 and
under
25
years.
25 and
uncle
45
years.
45 and
under
65
years.
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small-pox
1
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
249
13
157
4
24
75
4
9
...
7
116
109
11
2
33
43
31
18
19
26
25
4
88
22
28
8
10
8
62
7
20
2
1
Erysipelas
12
7
2
5
11
12
18
7
11
2
3
252
23
19
160
Scarlet Fever
36
80
6
3
98
134
11
6
...
...
46
38
16
18
27
17
5
1
Relapsing Fever—Continued
Fever
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
15
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
4
5
5
1
...
...
4
2
1
...
1
2
10
2
1
...
1
...
1
...
3
...
...
1
1
6
1
5
1
...
Polio Myelitis
12
2
10
...
...
...
1
1
2
4
...
...
19
...
...
...
1
8
5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
19
...
...
2
...
3
3
3
11
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
Anthrax
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
8
...
2
2
...
Enteric Fever
13
...
...
...
2
...
1
4
6
2
1
2
2
...
2
1115
Measles
111
6
...
185
135
131
51
789
64
181
29
7
9
528
358
11
1
211
76
75
42
382
...
16
30
41
11
3
Measles (German)
183
26
282
80
6
18
140
29
11
1
67
80
63
32
7
345
60
3
37
24
234
35
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
8
39
78
19
4
52
87
101
53
54
27
27
16
7
7
Other forms of Tuberculosis
161
17
28
113
21
36
5
2
9
36
5
1
20
3
82
18
10
17
15
16
12
5
179
939
186
98
12
309
317
442
1832
237
573
67
51
33
Totals
196
362
219

Table: TABLE VII.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1916.

TABLE VII.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1916.

Notifiable DiseaseNUMBER 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. Thomns.Total.
Under 11 and under 5 years.5 an under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and uncle 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.
Small-pox1............1..................1...1...........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)24971161091142...1333433118191572426257544917238
Erysipelas88251211222881210718786271122023163
Scarlet Fever252398134116......2346381618191603627178065112249
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever1.........1..............................11...............
Puerperal Fever2.........11.....................111......1...............
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis15455...1......421...121021...31...124
Polio Myelitis12210...............1112...1614...51...11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1919..................122...3...853311...............
Anthrax1........................1............1...........................
Enteric Fever13......4621......222...28......2221...313
Measles11151115283581161...18513521113176517896475421812979456
Measles (German)3821814018329111...16266780633028241327801163202
Pulmonary Tuberculosis34548528710160337395354272423435271678719733...
Other forms of Tuberculosis16193682181051172017281516113211233655212...
Totals255617994693918619698123093174423622291731832237219117573675133151516