London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Infectious Diseases 1948 to 1958 (continued)
| DISEASE | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 60 | 41 | 23 | 40 | 58 | 68 | 54 | 86 | 64 | 70 | 51 |
| Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 39 | 38 | 49 | 30 |
| Scabies | 95 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 19 |
| Scarlet-Fever | 242 | 209 | 149 | 143 | 292 | 160 | 96 | 185 | 259 | 142 | 157 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 310 | 131 | 354 | 289 | 177 | 372 | 229 | 141 | 144 | 188 | 64 |
| Zymotic Enteritis (July-Sept.) | 23 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| TOTALS | 2,013 | 1,478 | 1,539 | 2,532 | 1,696 | 1,978 | 933 | 2,971 | 1,743 | 1,759 | 1,209 |