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Bermondsey 1918

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918

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TABLE V.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.
Total
Cases
removed
to
Hospital.
Notifiable Disease
NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
St. Olave.
2
1
3
4
6
Total.
1
2
5
Total.
At all
ages.
At Ages—Years.
3
St. Thomas.
St. John.
St. Olave.
Total.
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.
Under
1
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
9
234
34
49
13
96
25
18
2
45
370
375
137
198
22
9
...
51
46
33
40
33
31
...
34
4
6
10
2
1
3
7
Erysipelas
47
4
5
9
5
8
14
2
6
6
8
6
1
7
...
154
43
15
68
6
1
2
9
219
Scarlet Fever
231
2
84
136
9
...
...
27
20
41
21
26
19
10
...
Relapsing Fever—Continued
Fever
39
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
Puerperal Fever
2
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
4
1
1
2
3
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
6
2
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
4
...
1
Polio Myelitis
8
...
2
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
2
1
7
4
1
5
1
1
3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
13
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
2
Anthrax
2
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
6
Enteric Fever
6
...
...
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
Typhus
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
154
164
153
192
91
170
924
192
94
34
320
23
23
14
60
...
Measles
1304
83
792
416
9
3
1
...
14
26
28
38
28
36
170
18
17
4
39
3
5
3
11
Measles (German)
220
12
102
99
5
2
...
...
...
6
34
50
28
21
24
204
38
39
17
94
13
5
3
21
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
319
...
10
45
71
123
64
47
...
Other forms of Tuberculosis
4
2
...
7
23
66
14
10
5
...
7
13
20
15
8
19
82
15
15
7
37
...
...
125
313
338
316
210
319
1825
352
238
87
677
78
55
24
157
612
Totals
2659
132
1157
974
138
163
87
8
309

Table: TABLE V.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.

TABLE V.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.

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. Thomas.Total.
Under 11 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........................................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)3759137198229......514633403331234344913962518245370
Erysipelas474595814266861734461021...37
Scarlet Fever2312841369.........272041212619154431510686129219
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever........................................................................
Puerperal Fever2.........11...............1...12...........................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis622...11......211.........411...2............3
Polio Myelitis8...251...............11...241124............1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313.....................1321...741...51......13
Anthrax2............11......1...1......2........................2
Enteric Fever6............51......1...11...32......21......16
Typhus1...............1...1............1.....................1
Measles130483792416931...15416415319291170924192943432023231460...
Measles (German)220121029952......142628382836170181743935311...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis319...10457112364647345028212420438391794135321...
Other forms of Tuberculosis1257236614105...713201581982151573742.........
Totals26591321157974138163878309313338316210319182535223887677785524157612