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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DISEASES | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
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Paratyphoid | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 58 | 68 | 54 | 86 | 64 | 70 | 51 | 80 | 40 | 59 | 56 |
Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||
Paralytic | 4 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | *1 |
Non-paralytic | 4 | 1 | - | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 46 | 76 | 39 | 38 | 49 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 22 | 17 |
Scabies | 34 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 19 | 21 | 37 | 24 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 292 | 160 | 96 | 185 | 259 | 142 | 157 | 97 | 73 | 79 | 71 |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 177 | 372 | 229 | 141 | 144 | 188 | 64 | 66 | 118 | 40 | 16 |
Zymotic Enteritis (July- Sept.) | 7 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
TOTALS | 1696 | 1978 | 933 | 2971 | 1743 | 1759 | 1209 | 1729 | 1395 | 2240 | 1061 |