London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Disease | Under 1 Year | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 24-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65+ | Total all ages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | – | 7 | 34 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 112 |
| Whooping cough | 32 | 62 | 68 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 257 |
| Measles | 30 | 146 | 192 | 172 | 10 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 556 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 37 | 38 | 53 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 195 |
| Meningoccal infection | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Acute Pneumonia | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| Acute encephalitis- infective | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Food poisoning | 8 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 157 |
| Tuberculosis-Respiratory | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 130 |
| Other forms | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | 12 |
| Meninges & Cns. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Pueperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 32 | 7 | – | – | – | 69 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Acute gastro enteritis | 146 | 337 | 216 | 263 | 147 | 324 | 206 | 156 | 117 | 79 | 40 | 2031 |
| Infective jaundice | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 13 |
| Total | 226 | 611 | 559 | 639 | 199 | 432 | 314 | 218 | 169 | 135 | 74 | 3576 |