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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| DISEASE | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 13 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 10 | 71 | 191 | 38 | 175 | 163 | 231 | 716 | 37 | 230 | 341 |
| Encephalitis: | |||||||||||
| Infective | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Post Infectious | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 27 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 27 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 948 | 806 | 1790 | 994 | 1075 | 233 | 2142 | 447 | 1179 | 574 | 1029 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 |