London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Southwark 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Enteric fever deaths 59
Number of eases notified 59
Mortality for the last ten years 60
Percentage of cases removed to hospital 60
Diarrhæa deaths 60
Mortality for the last ten years 60
Typhus fever 61
Measles 61
Mortality for ten years 61
Whooping cough 61
Mortality for ten years 61
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 61
Phthisis—Age groups of cases notified 62
Mortality Rates, 1901-7 63-64
Vaccination 64
Reception House: return of families accommodated 65-66
Disinfection 67
After Infectious Disease—Locality of rooms disinfected 67
Ditto stripped 68
Bedding disinfected and destroyed 68
Cleansing of Verminous Persons 70
Number cleansed during 1908, and schools attended by childr 70
Verminous bedding, Ac., treated 71
Verminous rooms cleansed 69
Mortuaries 71
Miscellaneous nuisances dealt with in relation to the wards 72-79
Houses let in lodgings 86
Localities (wards) 81
Sanitary works carried out 82-83
Ice Creams, Number of inspections of premises 84
Eating Houses, Number of inspections, &c. 85
Fried Fish Shops 86-87
Number on Register at end of 1908 87-88
Inspection of food—Report by Mr. Robinson on Damaged Flour 89-90
Quantity of Foodstuffs examined by Inspectors 91-95
Quantity destroyed 95-97
Samples taken and number unsound 98
Inspections of wharves, markets, Ac. 99
Samples taken at wharves and landing places 100-102
Unsound Food, Seizures and Prosecutions 103-105
Water Certificates granted under Section 48 106
Water Supply in tenemented houses 10'/