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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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A summary of the eases notified and other particulars in connection therewith during the year 1913.
| Notified cases remaining in district at end of 1912. | Cases notified during 1913. | Old cases returned home from Infirmary. | Visits paid at the homes of patients. | Cases removed to Infirmary. | Cases removed from Southwark or which died at home. | Notified cases remaining in Southwark at end of 1912. | Rooms periodically sprayed and otherwise disinfected. | Booms stripped on termination of cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 442 | 775 | 361 | 13154 | 309 | 769 | 500 | 7304 | 340 |
Bacteriological Specimens examined by the Borough Analyst.
998 specimens were examined and 215 found positive. In Diphtheria
283 examined, 47 positive. In Phthisis 702 examined, 165 positive. In
Enteric Fever, 13 examined, 3 positive.