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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 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922
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Enteric Fever.
4 cases of enteric fever were notified, being 3 for Bermondsey,
and 1 for Rotherhithe. The total number of cases notified in the
previous year was 8.
Puerperal Fever.
7 cases of puerperal fever were notified. Death resulted in
2 cases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 12 cases of this disease notified during the year.
Under this heading is included every kind of "sore eyes"
occurring in the newly-born. They were all visited by the Health
Visitors, who instructed the mother in each case to immediately
seek medical advice.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
5 cases were notified in 1922.
Polio-Myelitis.
No cases were notified in 1922.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1922 was 3,977 as
compared with 3,284 in 1921, and 1,422 in 1920.
Table C.
Total
Examinatìons.
Results of Examination.
Nature of Specimen.
Negative.
Positive.
1921
1921
1922
1922
1921
1922
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
1,035
58
1,698
78
977
1,620
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
982
148
1,092
159
834
933
Diphtheria (total specimens
taken)
2,017
206
2,790
237
1,811
2,553
Phthisis
1,258
1,174
138
179
1,120
995
Enteric
6
1
5
-
-
-
3
Various
13
-
7
3
6
Total specimens taken
3,284
3,977
345
423
2,939
3,554
Table C.
| Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinatìons. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1921 | 1922 | 1921 | 1922 | 1921 | 1922 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 1,035 | 1,698 | 58 | 78 | 977 | 1,620 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 982 | 1,092 | 148 | 159 | 834 | 933 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 2,017 | 2,790 | 206 | 237 | 1,811 | 2,553 |
| Phthisis | 1,258 | 1,174 | 138 | 179 | 1,120 | 995 |
| Enteric | 6 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – |
| Various | 3 | 13 | – | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Total specimens taken | 3,284 | 3,977 | 345 | 423 | 2,939 | 3,554 |