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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 1950
[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:- 1950 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1949 | Total 1950 | 0— | 1— | 3— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | |||
| Anthrax | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | — | — | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 7 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 82 | 47 | 10 | 71 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Encephalitis: Infective | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post infectious | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 7 | 16 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| †Food Poisoning | 25 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Malaria (induced) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 819 | 184 | 948 | 806 | 28 | 256 | 241 | 267 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 9 | — | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| † Paratyphoid | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(* Notifiable from July to September only.)
(† Certain of these confirmed cases were notified as other diseases, and diagnoses later corrected.)