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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| QUARTERLY INCIDENCE | March | June | Sept. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 20 | 10 | 43 | 93 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 32 |
| Measles | 44 | 99 | 115 | 157 | 415 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | 41 | 92 | 71 | 104 | 308 |
| Malaria | 1 | .- | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| Food poisoning | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Scabies | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Zymotic enteritis | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Welfare Centres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 5-14 | 0-5 | 5-14 | ||
| Diphtheria | 17 | 1 | 6 | 24 | |
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough | - | ||||
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough and Tetanus | 1,018 | 14 | 292 | 13 | 1,337 |
| Diphtheria and Tetanus | 6 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 56 |
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||
| 'Boosters' (all ages) | 1,408 | 465 | 1,873 | ||
| Smallpox, Primary | 338 | 2 | 85 | 3 | 428 |
| Adults | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Smallpox, Revaccination | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Adults | 37 | 47 | |||
TUBERCULOSIS
Including inward transfers, there were 6 fewer new cases of
Tuberculosis than last year; 3 less pulmonary and 3 nonpulmonary.
Final figures at the end of the year, compared with the end
of 1963 showed a decrease of 60 pulmonary cases and an increase
of 8 non-pulmonary.