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Southwark 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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The percentage of deaths to the cases notified was 6.2.
The annual mortality per 1,000 inhabitants was 0.26.

Table: TABLE 17.ZYMOTIC MORTALITY FOR THE SANITARY AREA, 1924. Showing the localities where the deaths occurred.

TABLE 17.

ZYMOTIC MORTALITY FOR THE SANITARY AREA, 1924. Showing the localities where the deaths occurred.

Locality.Encephalitis Lethargica.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhæa.Cerebrospinal Fever.Influenza.Chicken Pox.Total.
The Borough133...28112...49...106
Southwark Hospital529...11...8...7152
Met. Asylums Board Hospitals31510456...22......83
Newington Institution........................2...2
Evelina Hospital............1...7.........8
Guy's Hospital.........11...412...9
St. Bartholomew's Hosp...................2.........2
Royal Waterloo Hospital..................6.........6
Belgrave Hospital..................5......5
Dartford Mental Hospital...........................1...1
Horton Mental Hospital..................1.........1
King's College Hospital..................2.........2
90, Gray's Inn Road........................1...1
Total9771049171493621278

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Number of deaths from Diphtheria during the last ten years:—
In Southwark.
In London.
In Southwark.
In London
1915
37
699
1920
37
1,009
1916
41
604
1921
30
1,054
1917
46
580
1922
61
1,137
1918
41
654
1923
49
602
1919
42
777
1924
49
571
Of the 791 cases notified 784, or 99.1 per cent. were removed to
hospital with 49 deaths, a mortality of 6.2 per cent. The 7 cases nursed
at home all recovered.
ENTERIC FEVER.
One death from Enteric Fever occurred during the year, as against
2, 3 and 1. in the three preceding years.
The total number of cases notified was 12 for the present year, and
18, 3 and 7, for the three preceding years.
All the cases were removed to hospital for treatment.
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths for the last
ten years:—