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Southwark 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 10.
Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the various wards for 1927.
| WARD. | Cerebro Spinal Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Polio Myelitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | - | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | 24 | 59 | 57 | 4 | - | 1 |
| St. Paul | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 23 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 1 | - |
| St. Peter | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 33 | 43 | 2 | - | - |
| St. John | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 27 | 39 | 43 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Trinity | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | 21 | 40 | 52 | 6 | - | - |
| All Saints | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | 18 | 47 | 43 | 3 | - | 1 |
| St. Michael | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | - | 4 | 21 | 51 | 53 | 6 | - | 1 |
| St. Jude | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 46 | 35 | 4 | - | - |
| St. George | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 7 | - | - |
| Christchurch | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| St. Saviour | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 3 | - | - |
| Borough | 4 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 36 | 197 | 420 | 437 | 44 | 1 | 4 |