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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 24.
Cases of Infectious Disease
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1908, occurring in the several wards:—
| WARD. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Maty | — | 119 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 299 |
| St. Paul | — | 84 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 2 | — | — | 44 | 184 |
| St. Peter | — | 60 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 1 | — | 1 | 40 | 154 |
| St. John | — | 129 | 1 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 222 |
| Trinity | — | 62 | 3 | 24 | 18 | — | 1 | — | 27 | 135 |
| All Saints | — | 98 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 2 | — | — | 42 | 188 |
| St. Michael | — | 58 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 2 | — | — | 62 | 190 |
| St. Jude | — | 49 | 3 | 21 | 12 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 98 |
| St. George | — | 62 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 3 | — | 39 | 156 |
| Christchurch | — | 16 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 63 |
| St. Saviour | — | 38 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 86 |
| Borough | — | 775 | 48 | 260 | 234 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 427 | 1775 |