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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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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| DISEASE | CONFIRMED CASES, SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS diagnosed in or outside Borough-Age Groups, 1964 | Total 1964 | Total 1963 | Removed to Hospital 1964 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | ||||||||
| Dysentery | 36 | 61 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 308 | 415 | 244 | |
| Encephalitis: | ' | |||||||||||||
| Infective | ||||||||||||||
| Post infectious | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | ||||
| •Malaria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 23 | 57 | 43 | 57 | 56 | 174 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 415 | 911 | 24 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||