London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
| Disease | Original Cases | Admitted Hospital | Nos. after correction of diagnoses | DEATHS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notfd. cases | Un-notfd. Cases | |||||
| 1946 | 1947 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 240 | 86 | 156 | 229 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 3 | 69 | 47 | 7 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | 69 | 69 | 27 | 40 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 16 | 28 | 32 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 28 | 21 | 8 | 11 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neons | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | — | — |
| puerperal pyrexia | 14 | 12 | 8 | 14 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Zymotic enteritis (July-Sept.) | 24 | 15 | 10 | 22 | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | — | |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Encephalitis Letharg: | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 198 | — | 405 | 198 | — | — |
| Measles | 712 | 124 | 775 | 705 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 293 | 49 | 232 | 286 | 3 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 42 | 41 | — | 26 | — | — |
| TOTALS: | 1731 | 463 | 1754 | 1639 | 11 | 29 |
DEATHS
| Disease | 0-1 | 1-5 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75 plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHOOPING COUGH | |||||||||
| notified cases | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| CEREBRO SPINAL | |||||||||
| MENINGITIS | |||||||||
| Un-notf. cases | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| PNEUMONIA | |||||||||
| notified cases | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Un-notf. cases | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | |||
| SCARLET FEVER | \ | ||||||||
| notified cases | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS: | Total | ||||||||
| notified cases | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Un-notf.cases | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 40 | ||
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