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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— | |||
| Pneumonia | 23 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | _ | 3 | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | __ |
| Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 19 | — | 38 | 19 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 153 | 41 | 209 | 149 | — | 18 | 53 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| †Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 365 | 73 | 131 | 354 | 60 | 103 | 102 | 81 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| * Zymotic Entsritis | 39 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 1,596 | 433 | 1,478 | 1,539 | 121 | 423 | 420 | 428 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
(*Notifiable from July to September only.)
(†Certain of these confirmed cases were notified as other diseases, and diagnoses later corrected.)