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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 8 | - | 2 | - |
| Zymotic Enteritis (July-Sept) | 9 | 7 | 10 | 15 | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethar gica | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scabies | 405 | - | 405 | 495 | - | - |
| Measles | 782 | 89 | 775 | 965 | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 234 | 41 | 232 | 57 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 1,821 | 324 | 1,754 | 1,862 | 12 | 16 |
TUBERCUL0SIS.
Notifications of Tuberculosis showed a slight increase over
1945 figures, which, however, was almost equally offset by a
corresponding decrease in the number of deaths of notified cases.
Primary Notifications.
| Age Groups | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | Total | Total Including Duplicates | |
| Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| Males | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 107 | 118 |
| Females | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 71 | 78 |
| Totals | - | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 178 | 196 |
| Total 1945 | 176 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Non-pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Females | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Total 1945 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||||
| New cases, other than by formal notification. | |||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 36 | - |
| Females | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | - |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 63 | - |
| Total 1945 | 37 | - | |||||||||||
| Non-pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Females | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Totals | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Total 1945 | 5 | - | |||||||||||
Grand Totals 1946 1945
| Pulmonary | 241 | 213 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 33 | 29 | |
| 274 | 242 |