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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 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1931.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | BERMONDSEY | ROTHERHITHE | ST OLAVE | Total Cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages-Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | St. John | St Olave | St. Thomas | Total | ||||||||
| Under 1 year | 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 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 263 | 4 | 85 | 128 | 26 | 18 | 2 | – | 22 | 32 | 51 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 166 | 35 | 22 | 32 | 89 | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | 262 |
| Erysipelas | 49 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 310 | 5 | 112 | 162 | 25 | 6 | – | – | 41 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 30 | 23 | 224 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 306 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio Encephalitis. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | – | – | – | 14 | 23 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | – | 21 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 29 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 167 | 10 | 45 | 28 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 96 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | – |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Respiratory System | 175 | – | – | 8 | 67 | 57 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 116 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | – |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 40 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | – | – | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Totals | 1083 | 40 | 254 | 347 | 169 | 158 | 94 | 21 | 117 | 115 | 153 | 130 | 110 | 71 | 705 | 136 | 106 | 80 | 322 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 643 |