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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1917, occurring
in the several wards:-
| WARD. | Polio-Myelitis. | Anthrax. | Measles. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Cerebrospinal Fever | Phthisis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Continued Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9t. Maiy | - | - | 207 | 7 | - | 48 | 1 | 61 | 25 | 3 | - | 2 | 113 | 22 | - | 489 |
| St. Paul | 1 | - | 158 | 3 | - | 22 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 16 | - | 330 |
| St. Peter | - | - | 193 | 4 | - | 26 | 4 | 46 | 27 | 2 | - | 1 | 78 | 21 | - | 402 |
| St. John | - | - | 221 | 6 | - | 33 | - | 68 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 37 | - | 459 |
| Trinity | - | 1 | 102 | - | - | 24 | - | 40 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 40 | 11 | - | 229 |
| All Saints | - | - | 157 | 3 | - | 32 | 2 | 47 | 18 | - | 2 | 2 | 58 | 31 | - | 352 |
| St. Michael | - | - | 121 | 1 | - | 32 | 2 | 94 | 23 | 1 | - | 4 | 87 | 41 | - | 406 |
| St. Jude | 1 | - | 88 | 4 | - | 7 | - | 34 | 16 | - | 2 | 1 | 48 | 22 | - | 223 |
| St. George | - | - | 109 | - | - | 36 | - | 66 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 55 | 29 | - | 306 |
| Christchurch | - | - | 98 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | - | 195 |
| St. Saviour | - | - | 76 | - | - | 10 | - | 41 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 31 | 11 | - | 179 |
| Borough | . 2 | I | 1530 | 30 | - | 276 | 10 | 570 | 170 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 685 | 257 | - | 3570 |