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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 1963
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1963
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1963
| 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 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | 41 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 26 |
| Measles | 679 | 38 | 429 | 201 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 58 | 90 | 87 | 73 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 36 | 31 | 46 | 40 | 81 | – | 679 |
| Dysentery | 70 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 70 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 14 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 |
| Acute Gastro Enteritis | 665 | 34 | 114 | 71 | 69 | 52 | 35 | 79 | 76 | 55 | 41 | 39 | 23 | 61 | 130 | 215 | 65 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 665 |
| Scabies | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 28 | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 28 |
| Other Forms | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Totals | 1559 | 84 | 599 | 311 | 93 | 64 | 44 | 95 | 90 | 64 | 52 | 63 | 74 | 130 | 233 | 335 | 155 | 85 | 76 | 50 | 67 | 60 | 77 | 100 | 106 | 11 | 1559 |