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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 25.
Deaths in the sanitary area from the principal zymotic diseases in the various wards for 1906.
| WARD. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhea. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 31 |
| St. Paul | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 18 | 36 | 73 | 29 |
| St. Peter | - | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 72 | 21 |
| St. John | - | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 45 | 73 | 20 |
| Trinity | - | 15 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 30 |
| All Saints | - | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 23 | 40 | 93 | 29 |
| St. Michael | - | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 62 | 108 | 28 |
| St. Jude | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 45 | 26 |
| St. George | - | 26 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 44 | 89 | 25 |
| Christchurch | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 25 |
| St. Saviour | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 13 |
| Borough | - | 95 | 45 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 225 | 429 | 752 | 277 |