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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 1905
[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 South wark, during the year 1905, occurring in the several Wards:—
| WARD. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Chicken-pox. | Phthisis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | — | 77 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 2 | 1 | — | 52 | 198 |
| St. Paul | — | 91 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 174 |
| St. Peter | — | 60 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 167 |
| St. John | — | 97 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 5 | — | 52 | 223 |
| Trinity | — | 61 | 12 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | 21 | 152 |
| All Saints | — | 43 | 14 | 20 | 28 | - | — | — | 30 | 135 |
| St. Michael | — | 79 | 9 | 36 | 45 | — | — | — | 42 | 211 |
| St. Jude | — | 41 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 94 |
| St. George | — | 51 | 5 | 29 | 29 | — | 3 | — | 18 | 135 |
| Christchurch | — | 45 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 89 |
| St. Saviour | — | 131 | 1 | 29 | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | 179 |
| Borough | - | 776 | 74 | 292 | 295 | 11 | 12 | — | 297 | 1757 |