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Southwark 1917

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

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Table: table 27.Cases of Infectious Disease.Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, during each week ofthe year 1917.

table 27.

Cases of Infectious Disease.

Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, during each week of

the year 1917.

Week Ending.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Cerebrospinal Fever.Polio-Myelitis.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Anthrax.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Phthisis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.MeaslesTotal.
1917
Jan. 63191.........1......119157102
„ 13218......2...3......31714692
„ 2029............4...1...13567103
„ 2749......1...5......2141164110
Feb. 316............31......754467
„ 10313............5.........1754992
„ 17615......1...61...114563112
„ 243141...1...21......9663120
March 3211......2...5.........1375191
„ 1077............21......1455288
„175132...3...10.........8664111
„ 24511...1......3......1161065112
„ 3128......2...41......1934180
April 715............2......11056286
„ 1476............4.........1546096
„ 2165............6......11645290
„ 28116............4......11164079
M ay 585......1...3.........2394089
„ 1278.........14.........15153787
„ 1958......1...22...22344592
„ 2639............31...21895196
June 2411........................2165092
„ 957......1...2......11672564
„ 1652........................1653058
„ 2386...4......4......11253575
„ 30513......1...2......11481357
July 738........................781844
„ 145131.........1.........14101761
„ 2159...11...3......11442260
„ 2857........................1491651
August 426........................163936
„ 1156............3.........71931
„ 1867............2......283634
„ 2528...1......6......1151640
Sept. 129............41...3144542
„ 8411............1......1154238
,, 15223............1......145339
„ 226212.........3.........74346
„ 29717............2......193342
Oct. 6413............3.........6...329
„ 13721...1......2.........164...51
,, 20916............6.........121246
„ 27915............2.........181450
Nov. 31017...1......5.........183559
„ 10713............1......1133947
„ 17812...1......8.........112648
„ 241314............62......72549
Dec. 1816............4.........961962
„ 8615............41......1331254
„ 154121.........5.........1362465
„ 2298............5......1983171
„ 2989............4.........622554
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