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Southwark 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (continued)
INFECTIOUS DISEASES (continued)
| DISEASE | CONFIRMED CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS Diagnosed in or outside Borough - Age Groups, 1960 | Total 1960 | Total 1959 | Removed to Hospital 1960 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | |||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 40 | 80 | 3 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 2 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 97 | 2 | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 118 | 66 | 7 | |||||
| Zymotic Enteritis (July-Sept.) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 64 | 150 | 137 | 154 | 113 | 365 | 69 | 118 | 124 | 58 | 43 | 1,395 | 1,729 | 371 | |
These figures include 48 Southwark residents notified to other Boroughs. "Contracted abroad.