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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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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Estimated population 1912 190,017
Total Births in 1912 5,589
Total Deaths in 1912 3,190
Birth Bate for London, 1912 24.5
Do. Southwark, 1912 29.4
Death Rate for London, 1912 14.3
Do. Southwark, 1912 16.8
Total cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1912—
| Polio.Mye. litis,&c. | Chicken Pox. | Ophthalm. neonatorm. | Anthrax. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Continued Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | — | 73 | — | 500 | 39 | 280 | 264 | 18 | 4 | — | 8 | 911 | 2104 |
| Total excluding Phthisis. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under year to 1,000 Births registered. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318 | ... | 136 | 6 | 27 | 50 | ... | 4 | 95 | 345 | ... |
| The Zymotic Rate per 1000 and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 1.66 | ... | 0.71 | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.26 | ... | 0.02 | 0.50 | 1.81 | 105 |
| The Zymotic Rate for the whole of London and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 1.12 | ... | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.22 | ... | 0.03 | 0.33 | 1.35 | 91 |