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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 1938
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 & upwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 187 | 3 | 60 | 82 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 96 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 78 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 186 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 200 | 6 | 85 | 69 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 99 | 34 | 40 | 21 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 190 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 9 |
| Dysentery | 26 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 |
| Anthrax | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 112 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 75 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | 101 | 17 | 70 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 40 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
| Measles | 889 | 74 | 814 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 101 | 123 | 110 | 123 | 60 | 74 | 591 | 70 | 102 | 73 | 245 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 162 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Respiratory System | 112 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 77 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Totals | 1,730 | 121 | 1071 | 196 | 57 | 48 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 176 | 206 | 219 | 215 | 132 | 134 | 1082 | 182 | 224 | 155 | 561 | 47 | 24 | 16 | 87 | 670 |