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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 30.
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY FOR THE SANITARY AREA, 1908 Showing the localities where the deaths occurred.
| Locality. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Cerbro-Spinal Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough (excluding institutions) | ... | 62 | 1 | 2 | 42 | ... | 2 | 124 | ... | 233 |
| Asylums Board Hos. | ... | ... | 23 | 18 | ... | 5 | 3 | 1 | 50 | |
| Guy's Hospital | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | 25 |
| Evelina Hospital ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 27 | 4 | 41 |
| St. Thomas's Hos.... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
| Southwark Infirmary | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 17 | |
| Horton Asylum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Islington Infirmary.. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond street | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| Belgrave Hospital... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | i | 7 | |
| Royal Hospital for Women and Children, Waterloo rd. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 |
| Total | ... | 77 | 24 | 32 | 50 | ... | 7 | 188 | 6 | 384 |