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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- | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 56 | 59 | 2 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 19 | |||||||||
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 1 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | ' 5 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 79 | 7 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 1 | |||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| (July-Sept.) | ||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 94 | 160 | 155 | 105 | 96 | 250 | 31 | 51 | 62 | 36 | 21 | 1061 | 2240 | 405 |
These figures include 43 Southwark residents notified to other Boroughs. *Contracted abroad