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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 24.
Gases of Infectious Disease
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1912, occurring
in the several wards:—
| WARD. | Polio-Myelitis. | Polio-Encephalitis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Anthrax. | Continued Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | 1 | — | 9 | — | 57 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 3 | — | — | 140 | — | — | 272 |
| St. Paul | — | — | 1 | — | 34 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 1 | _ | — | 76 | — | _ | 164 |
| St. Peter | — | — | 7 | — | 54 | 8 | 26 | 56 | 1 | — | 1 | 84 | — | — | 237 |
| St. John | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 64 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 79 | — | — | 210 |
| Trinity | 1 | — | 7 | _ | 65 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 3 | _ | 2 | 70 | — | _ | 198 |
| All Saints | 1 | — | 8 | _ | 52 | 2 | 17 | 26 | — | 1 | _ | 60 | — | _ | 167 |
| St. Michael | — | — | 12 | — | 56 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 1 | — | — | 141 | — | — | 270 |
| St. Jude | — | — | 7 | — | 22 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 1 | — | 1 | 84 | — | — | 165 |
| St. George | 1 | — | 8 | — | 57 | 6 | 32 | 16 | 2 | — | — | 87 | — | — | 209 |
| Christchurch | — | — | 5 | — | 12 | — | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 58 | — | — | 104 |
| St. Saviour | — | — | 4 | — | 27 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 | 32 | — | — | 108 |
| Borough | 6 | 1 | 73 | — | 500 | 39 | 280 | 264 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 911 | _ | _ | 2104 |