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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 1961
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1961
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | TOTALS PER WARD | Non Parishioners | TOTAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Year | Saints | Neckinger | Central | Tunnel | Dockyard | Park | Raymouth | South | Thorburn | Willow Walk | South West | Abbey | Leather Market | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | – | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 34 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | – | 9 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 19 |
| Measles | 879 | 38 | 527 | 294 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 46 | 50 | 124 | 97 | 49 | 42 | 59 | 35 | 62 | 89 | 90 | 86 | – | 879 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Dysentery | 75 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 2 | – | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 12 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | – | 75 |
| Acute Gastro Enteritis | 152 | 13 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | – | – | 152 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 47 | – | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 47 |
| Tuberculosis— | .J | J | I . | I I | I I | I :1 | I J | I .1 | I J | I J | J -I | J .1 | .1 I | ||||||||||||||
| Respiratory System | 36 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | 36 |
| Other Forms | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | 21 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Scabies | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Totals | 1276 | 62 | 617 | 370 | 37 | 19 | 29 | 54 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 66 | 88 | 109 | 197 | 144 | 68 | 58 | 73 | 47 | 79 | 108 | 114 | 109 | 16 | 1276 |