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Southwark 1955
[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 CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough-Age Groups, 1955. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1954 | Total 1955 | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |||
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 375 | 187 | 163 | 231 | 13 | 81 | 30 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Encephalitis : | |||||||||||||||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 3 | 12 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Food Poisoning : | |||||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 79 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Toxic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | ||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 2,151 | 141 | 233 | 2,142 | 96 | 584 | 614 | 826 | 13 | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | -- | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| f Para typhoid | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |