Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Showing Distribution of Cases in Wards.
Disease. | WARDS. | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Diphtheria and Croup | 33 | 30 | 39 | 27 | 47 | 26 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 363 | |
Scarlet Fever | 67 | 27 | 49 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 605 | |
Enteric Fever and Para-typhoid | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 8 | |
Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 41 |
Acute Primary | 10 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 117 | |
Erysipelas | 5 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 117 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | |
Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Dysentery | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | |
Puerperal Fever | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 33 | |
Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Totals | 123 | 96 | 114 | 90 | 97 | 89 | 96 | 79 | 54 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 36 | 52 | 60 | 42 | 47 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 1,317 |
REFERENCE TO WARDS.
No.
No.
No.
No.
16. St. John's.
1. West.
6. Marlborough.
11. St. Mary's.
12. Nunhead.
2. Addington.
7. North Peckham.
17. Alleyn.
13. The Rye.
18. Ruskin.
3. Town Hall.
8. Goldsmith.
9. Clifton.
14. St. Giles'.
19. The Hamlet.
4. St. George's.
5. Cobourg.
10. Rye Lane.
15. Lyndhurst.
20. The College.