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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS, AGE GROUPS OF CONFIRMED CASES, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
| Disease | Cases notified | Rem. to Hospital | CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES Age Groups1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1952 | Total 1951 | 0— | 1— | 3— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | |||
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 58 | 37 | 38 | 191 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 18 | 5 | 18 | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning: | |||||||||||||||||
| Bacterial Toxic | 21 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | |||
| Malaria | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 994 | 113 | 994 | 1,790 | 36 | 267 | 255 | 420 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |