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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Disease | Cases notified | Rem. to Hospital | CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES Age Groups:-1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1950 | Total 1951 | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |||
| Anthrax | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 224 | 49 | 71 | 191 | 16 | 58 | 41 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Enoephalitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| † Infective | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Post infectious | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 12 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Food Poisoning: | |||||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 28 | 7 | 27 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Toxio | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1,791 | 103 | 806 | 1,790 | 89 | 602 | 695 | 384 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Meningococcal | |||||||||||||||||
| Infection | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia | |||||||||||||||||
| Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
tCertain of these confirmed cases were notified as other diseases, and diagnoses later corrected.