Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DISEASE | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
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Anthrax | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
Dysentery | 38 | 175 | 163 | 231 | 716 | 37 | 230 | 341 | 686 | 298 | 389 |
Encephalitis: | |||||||||||
Infective | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Erysipelas | 18 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
Food Poisoning | 20 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 27 | 75 | 26 | 23 |
Malaria | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 994 | 1075 | 233 | 2142 | 447 | 1179 | 574 | 1029 | 322 | 1671 | 463 |
Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |