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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 1961
[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, | 1961 | Total | Total | Removed to Hospital 1961 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 1961 | 1960 | ||
| Anthrax | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | - | 3 | - | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | 28 | 49 | 51 | 32 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 298 | 686 | 230 |
| Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Infective | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Post infectious | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | - | |||||||
| Food Poisoning: | ||||||||||||||
| Bacterial | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 75 | 10 | |||
| *Malaria | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Measles | 105 | 247 | 279 | 252 | 246 | 512 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1,671 | 322 | 350 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | |||||||||||