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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| DISEASE | Notified to Southwark | Rem. to Hospital. | CONFIRMED CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough-Age Groups, 1957. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1956 | Total 1957 | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | |||
| Anthrax | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — |
| tDysentery | 211 | 46 | 716 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | _ | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Encephalitis: Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ |
| †Food Poisoning: Bacterial | 57 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| ††Malaria | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | — | —_ | —_ | _ | _ | — | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 1179 | 85 | 447 | 1179 | 56 | 169 | 183 | 177 | 191 | 391 | 7 | 4 | 1 | _ | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |