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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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TABLE V.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.
| Notifiable Disease. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membrenous Croup) | 278 | 7 | 86 | 155 | 17 | 11 | 2 | ... | 24 | 22 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 27 | 175 | 33 | 36 | 18 | 87 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 262 |
| Erysipelas | 81 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 388 | 2 | 114 | 246 | 16 | 10 | ... | ... | 39 | 47 | 49 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 212 | 70 | 67 | 20 | 157 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 358 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |
| Anthrax | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | .. | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| Measles | 549 | 35 | 331 | 176 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 62 | 43 | 101 | 39 | 330 | 55 | 32 | 119 | 44 | 195 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | ... | |
| Measles (German) | 45 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 12 | ... | 2 | 14 | 1 | – I | ... | 1 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 131 | ... | 23 | 98 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 68 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 4 | ... | 11 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 369 | ... | 24 | 110 | 60 | 112 | 55 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 45 | 58 | 34 | 36 | 238 | 43 | 50 | 15 | 108 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1890 | 87 | 598 | 819 | 107 | 179 | 87 | 13 | 158 | 190 | 214 | 263 | 155 | 160 | 1140 | 231 | 300 | 114 | 645 | 58 | 33 | 14 | 105 | I |