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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 1921
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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TABLE V. —CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1921.
Table V.- Able Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified During The Year 1921.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | BERMONDSEY. | RITHERHITHE. | 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 Membraneous Croup) | 741 | 18 | 234 | 400 | 56 | 31 | 2 | – | 58 | 82 | 102 | 71 | 72 | 107 | 492 | 100 | 75 | 31 | 206 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 732 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 17 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1164 | 18 | 262 | 789 | 75 | 19 | 1 | – | 77 | 162 | 109 | 119 | 103 | 162 | 732 | 131 | 178 | 52 | 361 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 71 | 1134 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Polio-Myelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 |
| Anthrax | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 37 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 376 | – | 120 | 86 | 119 | 41 | 7 | 35 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 40 | 24 | 258 | 33 | 48 | 18 | 99 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | – | |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 79 | – | 21 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 3 | – | – | 3 | – |
| Totals | 2490 | 55 | 531 | 1365 | 242 | 211 | 73 | 13 | 196 | 314 | 291 | 265 | 223 | 313 | 1602 | 297 | 333 | 113 | 743 | 100 | 34 | 13 | 147 | 1902 |