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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 1945
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1945
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1936 – 1945.
| Notifiable Disease. | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 207 | 167 | 187 | 135 | 56 | 89 | 72 | 74 | 30 | 31 |
| Erysipelas | 39 | 28 | 57 | 35 | 43 | 48 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 266 | 167 | 200 | 112 | 243 | 75 | 128 | 197 | 108 | 95 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 7 | – |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio-Encephalitis | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Anthrax | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | – | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 1 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 32 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria (Induced) | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 125 | 170 | 112 | 121 | 104 | 99 | 55 | 112 | 99 | 66 |
| Whooping Cough | 103 | 275 | 101 | 383 | 25 | 274 | 93 | 208 | 224 | 42 |
| Measles | 7 | 85 | 889 | 39 | 229 | 381 | 600 | 345 | 345 | 544 |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 283 | 489 | 366 |
| Tuberculosis— Respiratory System | 142 | 147 | 112 | 94 | 97 | 106 | 100 | 109 | 111 | 126 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 34 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| Totals | 966 | 1,145 | 1,730 | 973 | 855 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,411 | 1,482 | 1,349 |