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Southwark 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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The deaths in the 857 cases sent to hospital numbered 11, a mortality
of 1.2 per cent.
In the 23 cases treated at home, there were no deaths.
It is our practice to spray the room with formalin and to strip the
paper off the walls in the process of disinfection after Scarlet Fever. In
the event of the room being verminous it is afterwards fumigated with
sulphur.
DIPHTHERIA.
There has been a slight increase in the number of notified cases oi
the disease when compared with the years immediately preceding. The
number of deaths, however, has been the lowest on record. The cases
were pretty evenly distributed throughout the borough, with the exception
of St. Peter and All Saints' Wards, in each of which the cases were
in excess of the usual number.
The total number of cases notified, including Membranous Croup
was 327, as against 284 for last year.
The deaths from the disease numbered 19, as against 27 for 1912.
The percentage of deaths to the cases notified was 5.8.
The annual mortality per 1,000 living was O.l.

Table: The number of cases notified as compared with London, during the last ten years was :—

The number of cases notified as compared with London, during the last ten years was :—

In Southwark.In London.In Southwark.In London.
19042817,22019092566,685
19053046,48219102845,494
19064018,04519112937,389
19074228,77119122847,101
19082708,00219133277,654

Table: Number of deaths from Diphtheria during the last ten years:—

Number of deaths from Diphtheria during the last ten years:—

In Southwark.In London.In Southwark.In London.
190426723190933605
190544546191035434
190631691191130612
190736781191227452
190832724191319431