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Southwark 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| DISEASE | CONFIRMED CASES. SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough - Age Groups, 1958. | Total 1958 | Total 1957 | Removed to Hospital 1958 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 20 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 230 | 37 | 196 |
| Encephalitis | ||||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Post infectious | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning: | ||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 42 | 21 | 9 |
| *Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 42 | 96 | 96 | 90 | 93 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 574 | 1,179 | 122 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 51 | 70 | 12 |