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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 1908
[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 1908.
| WARD. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarr-hœa. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | — | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 48 | 59 | 27 |
| St. Paul | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 64 | 20 |
| St. Peter | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | 14 | 31 | 51 | 22 |
| St. John | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 27 | 40 | 79 | 22 |
| Trinity | — | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 22 |
| All Saints | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 38 | 101 | 32 |
| St. Michael | — | 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | — | 31 | 49 | 82 | 33 |
| St. Jude | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 47 | 19 |
| St. George | — | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 36 | 43 | 77 | 26 |
| Christchurch | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 29 | 38 | 20 |
| St. Saviour | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 19 | 33 | 12 |
| Borough | — | 77 | 24 | 32 | 50 | 7 | 188 | 403 | 683 | 255 |