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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 1960
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1960
| 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 over | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Respiratory System | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Other Forms | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | – | 9 | 8 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
| Whooping Cough | 78 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 78 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Measles | 218 | 7 | 147 | 62 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 218 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Dysentery | 357 | 12 | 99 | 104 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 41 | 73 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 39 | 357 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 43 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| Acute Gastro Enteritis | 329 | 26 | 71 | 68 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 41 | 88 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 329 |
| Scabies | 9 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 9 |
| Totals | 1098 | 51 | 375 | 274 | 88 | 18 | 34 | 90 | 44 | 53 | 35 | 36 | 49 | 91 | 127 | 196 | 149 | 39 | 60 | 43 | 41 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 65 | 1098 |