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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 1939
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939
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II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are notifiable: —
Anthrax
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
Diphtheria
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Fever
Glanders
Malaria
Membranous Croup
Plague
Puerperal Fever
Relapsing Fever
Small-pox
Tuberculosis —all forms
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Cholera
Continued Fever
Dysentery
Encephalitis Lethargica
Erysipelas
Hydrophobia in Man
Measles
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Typhus
Whooping Cough
DIPHTHERIA.
One hundred and thirty-five cases of diphtheria were notified as
compared with 187 cases last year; in 24 cases the diagnosis was not
confirmed ; there were seven deaths.
The appended table shows the attendances at the Schick Clinics
during the year; since the 2nd September no clinic has been held at
98, Rotherhithe New Road.
No. of No. of New Total
Clinic Sessions Patients Attendances
Public Health Centre, Grange Road 49 145 684
98, Rotherhithe New Road 33 79 439
Totals 82 224 1,123