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Southwark 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| March June | Sept. | Dec. | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 71 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Measles | 94 | 25 | 21 | 323 | 463 |
| Poliomyelitis paralytic | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 |
| non paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis infection | - | - | - | - | - |
| post infectious | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 131 | 156 | 18 | 84 | 389 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 56 |
| Pood poisoning | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Scabies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Zymotic enteritis | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
IMMUNISATION
I am indebted to Dr. W.H. Wallace, Divisional Medical Officer of the London County Council, for the following details.
| Welfare Centres | Doctors | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages: 0-5 | 5-14 | 0-5 | 5-14 | ||
| Diphtheria | 8 | 24 | 32 | ||
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough and Tetanus | 911 | 4 | 248 | 4 | 1167 |
| Diphtheria and Tetanus | 14 | 43 | - | 4 | 61 |
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | - | - | - | - |
| 'Boosters' (all ages) | 818 | 212 | 1030 | ||
| Smallpox, Primary | 1098 | 1080 | 863 | 1703 | 4744 |
| Adults | 1203 | 2426 | 3629 | ||
| Smallpox, Revaccination | 45 | 727 | 55 | 854 | 1681 |
| Adults | 2867 | 3052 | 5919 | ||