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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark, during the year 1907,
occurring in the several wards:—
| WARD. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Memb. Croup. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | _ | 153 | 14 | 49 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 297 |
| St. Paul | — | 110 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 204 |
| St. Peter | — | 86 | 6 | 45 | 49 | 4 | — | 1 | 42 | 233 |
| St. John | — | 123 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 259 |
| Trinity | — | 147 | 5 | 40 | 9 | — | — | - | 22 | 223 |
| All Saints | — | 156 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 1 | — | 3 | 39 | 267 |
| St. Michael | — | 172 | 15 | 44 | 47 | 4 | 1 | — | 58 | 341 |
| St. Jude | — | 76 | 4 | 22 | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | 120 |
| St. George | — | 141 | 12 | 52 | 21 | — | — | 1 | 22 | 249 |
| Christchurch | — | 36 | 1 | 14 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 66 |
| St. Saviour | — | 75 | 7 | 35 | 16 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 139 |
| Borough | - | 1275 | 80 | 417 | 256 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 335 | 2398 |