Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| (b) Unvaccinated | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 28 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Asiatic Cholera | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhæa, Dysentery | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 17 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 13 |
| Epidemic Cerebro.Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rotheln | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glanders, Farcy | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax, Splenic Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cow-pox, Accidents of Vaccination | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | 3 | - | |
| Gonorrhœa | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phagædena | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Infective Endocarditis | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carbuncle | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malarial Fever | _ | - | - | - | - |
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, total: | |||||
| Tubercular Disease of Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Laryngeal and Pulmonary Phthisis | 23 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 11 |
| Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| General Tuberculosis, Tubercular Disease of undefined position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Thrush | - | - | - | - | - |
| Actinomycosis | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hydatid Disease | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carried forward | 86 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 55 |