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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 1962
[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 1962 | Total 1961 | Removed to Hospital 1962 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 47 | 61 | 61 | 32 | 36 | 77 | 15 | 22 | 30 | 8 | - | 389 | 298 | 170 |
| Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Infective | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Post infectious | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| Food Poisoning: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 3 | |||
| *Malaria | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 36 | 87 | 84 | 60 | 48 | 130 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 463 | 1671 | 189 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | ||||||||||||