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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 1956
[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 CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough—Age Groups, 1956. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1955 | Total 1956 | 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | |||
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| †Dysentery | 1,263 | 162 | 231 | 716 | 29 | 64 | 55 | 49 | 68 | 250 | 64 | 30 | 85 | 13 | 9 |
| Encephalitis: | |||||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 2 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| †Food Poisoning: | |||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 47 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Toxic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 450 | 63 | 2,142 | 447 | 23 | 70 | 63 | 55 | 61 | 166 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| †Paratyphoid | -— | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |