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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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| 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- | ||||
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 31 | 30 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 15 | 97 | 157 | 5 | ||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whootfing Cough | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 64 | |||||||
| Zymotic Enteritis (July-Sept.) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 241 | 221 | 192 | 558 | 48 | 54 | 53 | 1729 | 1209 | 283 | ||||
These figures include 45 Southwark residents notified to other Boroughs.
*Contracted abroad.