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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 16
Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the various wards for 1921.
| WARD. | Cerebro Spinal Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhsæa. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Malarial Fever. | Encephalitis Lethargica. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | _ | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 75 | 32 | 9 | — | 3 |
| St. Paul | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 11 | 34 | 51 | 32 | 5 | — | — |
| St. Peter | — | — | - | 3 | - | — | 6 | 22 | 42 | 22 | 6 | — | — |
| St. John | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 25 | 30 | 53 | 32 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Trinity | — | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 11 | 23 | 44 | 17 | 5 | — | — |
| All Saints | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | — | 16 | 28 | 65 | 25 | 3 | — | — |
| St. Michael | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 22 | 35 | 68 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| St. Jude | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | 17 | 35 | 19 | 3 | — | — |
| St. George | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | — | 17 | 16 | 57 | 23 | 5 | — | — |
| Christchurch | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 8 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | — | — |
| St. Saviour | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | - | 9 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 1 | - | — |
| Borough | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 149 | 262 | 530 | 263 | 49 | 1 | 6 |