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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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Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the various wards for 1918.
| WARD. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia & Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | — | 17 | 2 | 4 | 15 | — | 5 | 52 | 106 | 37 |
| St. Paul | -— | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | 7 | 33 | 60 | 20 |
| St. Peter | — | 16 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 88 | 16 |
| St. John | — | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | 11 | 38 | 99 | 30 |
| Trinity | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | — | 11 | 48 | 90 | 25 |
| All Saints | — | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | — | 11 | 32 | 96 | 22 |
| St. Michael | — | 25 | — | 6 | 21 | — | 5 | 38 | 114 | 32 |
| St. Jude | — | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 10 | 31 | 56 | 16 |
| St. George | — | 12 | 2 | 7 | 13 | — | 5 | 42 | 101 | 22 |
| Christchurch | — | 10 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 8 | 21 | 50 | 17 |
| St. Saviour | — | 4 | — | 8 | — | 2 | 20 | 49 | 10 | |
| Borough | — | 145 | 14 | 41 | 129 | 1 | 81 | 387 | 909 | 247 |