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Southwark 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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SMALL POX.
No case of this disease was notified in the Borough during the year
1919.
SCARLET FEVER.
During the year under consideration 799 cases were notified, with
4 deaths. The notifications were the highest recorded since 1914, and
the deaths the lowest since the borough was formed.
The greatest number of cases occurred in St. Peter and St. John
Wards.
The number of cases notified, as compared with London, during the last ten years was : —
| In Southwark. | In London. | In Southwark, | In London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 419 | 10,509 | 1915 | 467 | 17,104 |
| 1911 | 480 | 10,489 | 1916 | 301 | 8,766 |
| 1912 | 500 | 11,312 | 1917 | 276 | 6,110 |
| 1913 | 880 | 17,552 | 1918 | 653 | 6,811 |
| 1914 | 1,448 | 25,015 | 1919 | 799 | 12,931 |
| Number of deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten years:— | |||||
| In Southwark. | In London. | In Southwark. | In London. | ||
| 1910 | 9 | 214 | 1915 | 12 | 332 |
| 1911 | 6 | 172 | 1916 | 5 | 146 |
| 1912 | 6 | 159 | 1917 | 7 | 85 |
| 1913 | 11 | 188 | 1918 | 14 | 118 |
| 1914 | 22 | 316 | 1919 | 4 | 145 |
Of the 799 cases notified in the present year, as many as 746 were
removed to hospital, i.e., 93.3 per cent., as against 95.8 per cent, for
last year.
The deaths in the 799 cases sent to hospital numbered 4, a mortality
of 0.5 per cent.
In regard to the 53 cases nursed at home, they all recovered.
The annual rate of mortality was 0.02.