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Southwark 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Infectious Diseases (continued)
| 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- | ||||
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 16 | - | - | 30 | 49 | 29 |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 | 35 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 7 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 33 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 157 | 142 | 14 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 64 | 188 | 9 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | ||||||||||||||
| (July-Sept.) % | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 21 | 16 | 21 |
| TOTALS | 84 | 151 | 163 | 137 | 142 | 279 | 60 | 48 | 90 | 31 | 24 | 1,209 | 1,759 | 427 |
These figures include 41 Southwark residents notified to other Boroughs.
*Contracted abroad.