London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
Cases of Infectious Disease
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1902, occurring in the several Wards:—
| WARD. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Chicken-pox. | Relapsing Fever. | Phthisis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | — | 116 | 13 | 35 | 26 | — | — | 15 | — | 51 | 256 |
| St. Paul | — | 61 | 6. | 23 | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 144 |
| St. Peter | 4 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 24 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 46 | 158 |
| St. John | 4 | 31 | 31 | 81 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | 48 | 249 |
| Trinity | 4 | 55 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 11 | 130 |
| All Saints | 2 | 42 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 128 |
| St. Michael | 6 | 50 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 56 | 191 |
| St. Jude | — | 34 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 85 |
| St. George | 2 | 47 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 19 | 139 |
| Christchurch | 15 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 60 |
| St. Saviour | 3 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 11 | — | — | 2 | — | 8 | 77 |
| Total | 40 | 512 | 122 | 345 | 239 | 13 | 9 | 30 | — | 307 | 1617 |