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Southwark 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1921.
Enumerated Population, 1921 (unrevised) 184,388
Estimated population (1921) 187,142
Total Births 5,038
Total Deaths 2,633
Birth Bate for London 22-3
Do. Southwark 27.3
Death Rate for London 12.4
Do. Southwark 14.3
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified
| Measles | 405 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 16 |
| Epidemic Diarrhaea | 400 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 46 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1266 |
| Enteric Fever | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 534 |
| Erysipelas | 144 |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 |
| Anthrax | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 |
| Phthisis | 430 |
| Other Tuberculosis | 131 |
| Polio-Myelitis.., | 1 |
| Influenzal and Primary Pneumonia | 261 |
| Malaria | 8 |
| Total | 3,676 |