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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 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1959
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | TOTALS PER WARD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Year | Saints | Neckinger | Central | Tunnel | Dockyard | Park | Raymouth | South | Thorburn | Willow Walk | South West | Abbey | Leather Market | 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 and upwards | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis— Respiratory System | 46 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 46 |
| Other forms | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 64 | 1 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 14 |
| Measles | 635 | 30 | 366 | 231 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 38 | 75 | 80 | 58 | 36 | 79 | 28 | 34 | 37 | 55 | 39 | 49 | 635 |
| Pneumonia | 41 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 41 |
| Dysentery | 101 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 101 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 47 | – | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | – | 47 |
| Acute Gastro-Enteritis | 194 | 10 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | l4 | 32 | 70 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 194 |
| Scabies | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| TOTALS | 1152 | 46 | 496 | 304 | 44 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 53 | 48 | 32 | 35 | 55 | 72 | 144 | 202 | 89 | 60 | 108 | 53 | 51 | 62 | 84 | 69 | 103 | 1152 |