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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| DISEASE | CONFIRMED CASES SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough - Age Groups, 1959. | Total 1959 | Total 1958 | Removed to Hospital 1959 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Anthrax | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 20 | 31 | 51 | 31 | 29 | 95 | 19 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 341 | 230 | 134 |
| Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Infective | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Post infectious | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
| Pood Poisoning: | ||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 4 |
| •Malaria | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 49 | 115 | 171 | 167 | 140 | 379 | 5 | - | 3 | 1029 | 574 | 62 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | |
| Pneumonia . | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 16 | 80 | 51 | 5 |