Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1950
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Bermondsey | ROTHERHITHE | St. Olave | Total Cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | 3 | – | 2 | | 1 | – | – | | – | | | – | | 1 | | – | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 72 | | 41 | 28 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 22 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Dysentery | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Acute Polio-Myelitis | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
Whooping Cough | 267 | 32 | 135 | 97 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 24 | 132 | 38 | 22 | 56 | 116 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 15 |
Measles | 367 | 12 | 220 | 132 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 15 | 61 | 32 | 84 | 16 | 225 | 61 | 56 | 19 | 136 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 10 |
Scabies | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Tuberculosis— Respiratory System | 105 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | – |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 10 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
Totals | 863 | 46 | 413 | 262 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 43 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 54 | 64 | 111 | 86 | 142 | 46 | 503 | 120 | 112 | 92 | 324 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 60 |