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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
Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Cases of Infectious Disease
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1904, 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 | 4 | 79 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 60 | — | 52 | 268 |
| St. Paul | — | 34 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 2 | — | 60 | — | 30 | 190 |
| St. Peter | 2 | 31 | 5 | 47 | 36 | 1 | - | 37 | — | 32 | 191 |
| St. John | 3 | 32 | 20 | 22 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 32 | — | 64 | 223 |
| Trinity | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 1 | — | 42 | — | 5 | 118 |
| All Saints | 2 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 23 | — | 1 | 48 | — | 37 | 160 |
| St. Michael | 1 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 28 | — | 56 | 182 |
| St. Jude | 3 | 67 | 18 | 31 | — | 1 | 15 | — | 14 | 154 | |
| St. George | 6 | 41 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 2 | — | 62 | — | 21 | 188 |
| Christchurch | 5 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 24 | — | 8 | 109 |
| St. Saviour | 1 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 1 | — | 24 | — | 4 | 98 |
| Total | 28 | 415 | 92 | 272 | 298 | 12 | 9 | 432 | — | 323 | 1881 |