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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 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1954.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1954.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Saints | Neckinger | Central | Tunnel | Dockyard | Park | Raymouth | South | Thorburn | Willow Walk | South West | Abbey | Leather Market | Total | Total Cases removed to Hospiral | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 & up-wards | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 7 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | – | 17 | 43 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 8 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 56 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | 56 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 7 | – | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 19 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 135 | 14 | 57 | 58 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 13 | – | 5 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 135 | 2 |
| Measles | 183 | 11 | 89 | 76 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 28 | 183 | 8 |
| Scabies | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | – |
| Tuberculosis— Respiratory System | 63 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 63 | – |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 10 | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 10 | – |
| Totals | 558 | 30 | 187 | 204 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 39 | 61 | 32 | 34 | 57 | 49 | 20 | 46 | 51 | 32 | 77 | 558 | 39 |