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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 1914

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1914.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1914.

Estimated population188,321
Total Births5,604
Total Deaths3,350
Birth Bate for London24.3
Do. Southwark29.7
Death Bate for London14.4
Do. Southwark17.8

Table: Total cases of Infectious Disease notified.

Total cases of Infectious Disease notified.

Anthrax.Polio Myelitis.Ophthalm. neonatorm.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Membranous Croup.Continued Fever.Cerebrospinal Fever.Phthisis.Other Tuberculosis.Total.
4469144824333327295-66531903092

Table: Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases, compared with London as a whole.

Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases, compared with London as a whole.

Total excluding Phthisis.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Tvphns Fever.Enteric Fever.Diarrhsea.Phthisis.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered.
42295223759...2207330...
TheZymotic Rate per 1000 and Infant Rate.
2.25...0.510.120.200.31...o.o11.101.76123
The Zymotic Rate for the wholeLondon and Infant Rate.
1.44...0.310.070.160.20...0.030.671.39104