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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 1918
[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 1918, occurring
in the several wards:—
| WARD. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Memb. Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Polio-Myelitis. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Phthisis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Epidemic Diarrhoea. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | 49 | 71 | 2 | - | 1 | — | 18 | - | — | 8 | 69 | 29 | 399 | 18 | 14 | 678 |
| St. Paul | 37 | 26 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | — | 4 | 65 | 21 | 305 | 13 | 7 | 498 |
| St. Peter | 71 | 71 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | — | 5 | 70 | 12 | 210 | 7 | 27 | 505 |
| St. John | 119 | 49 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 6 | 58 | 30 | 319 | 55 | 13 | 667 |
| Trinity | 48 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 50 | 12 | 266 | 12 | 14 | 440 |
| All Saints | 112 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | — | 6 | 43 | 21 | 168 | 17 | 10 | 452 |
| St. Michael | 62 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 4 | — | 2 | 80 | 27 | 249 | 36 | 11 | 551 |
| St. Jude | 56 | 40 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 6 | 45 | 16 | 157 | 13 | 19 | 363 |
| St. George | 69 | 51 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 182 | 10 | 3 | 390 |
| Christchurch | 8 | 15 | — | - | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 34 | 5 | 105 | 29 | 10 | 216 |
| St. Saviour | 22 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 25 | 5 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 189 |
| Borough | 653 | 491 | 13 | 8 | 7 | — | 150 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 579 | 195 | 2442 | 223 | 130 | 4949 |