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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

Bermondsey 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE V—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAH 1917.

TABLE V—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAH 1917.

Notifiable DiseaseNUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIEDBermondsey.Rotherhitme.St. Olavk.Total Casesremoved to Hospital
At all agesAt Ages - Years.123456Total123Total. |St. John.St. Olave.St. Thomas.Total.
Under 11 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.
Small-pox........................................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) .408614822119104...375741554234269433620992613140389
Erysipelas712111111922512116102748851148193
Scarlet Fever300510018564......1939351626581933736148714.2420282
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever........................................................................
Puerperal Fever4............4...............2...14........................1
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis6123............1...1......131113............3
Polio Myelitis........................................................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum99.....................2111...5...224...............
Anthrax2............2......11.........2...........................
Enteric Fever7...122...2...111.........32...24............2
Measles958925842591481...6411179119831045609513010533041189682
Measles (German)12016433717.........1010121215117010151035555151
Pulmonary Tuberculosis44535611141807845354555042362903952291201712635...
Other forms of Tubercu...
losis122829 -541669...151616810117619118385218...
Totals......2452142913833199240116921330325027322126315232542881927341165326 195683