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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 1920

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1920.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1920.

Estimated population187,142
Total Births Total Deaths5,954 2,685
Birth Bate for London26.5
Do. Southwark31.8
Death Bate for London12.4
Do. Southwark14.4

Table: Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified.

Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified.

Measles946
Encephalitis Lethargica6
Epidemic Diarrhæa17
Ophthalmia Neonatorum91
Scarlet Fever893
Enteric Fever8
Diphtheria453
Erysipelas179
Puerperal Fever17
Membranous Croup4
Anthrax3
Cerebro-Spinal Fever8
Phthisis415
Other Tuberculosis149
Polio-Encephalitis1
Influenzal Pneumonia43
Primary Pneumonia222
Malaria24
Dysentery1
Total3,480