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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Summary of notifications, age groups of confirmed cases, and hospital admissions.
| Disease | Cases notified | Rem. to Hospital | CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES Age groups:—1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1948 | Total 1949 | 0— | 1— | 3— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | |||
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 46 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Dysentery | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 17 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Food Poisining | 10 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Malaria (Induced) | o | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 950 | 27 | 1,166 | 948 | 62 | 376 | 271 | 231 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 41 | 5 | 60 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 22 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Scabies | 38 | – | 95 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 220 | 85 | 242 | 209 | 2 | 26 | 48 | 103 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Smallpox | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 132 | 23 | 310 | 131 | 24 | 47 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| *Zymotic Enteritis | 29 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1,558 | 288 | 2,013 | 1,478 | 128 | 471 | 353 | 380 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
(*Notifiable from July to September only).