Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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SANITARY WORK.
ST. MARY'S WARD.
House-to-house inspections were carried out in the following
localities :—
Alberta Street, Berryfield Road, Borrett Road, Cavour Street,
Clock Place, Manor Place, Marsland Road, Penton Place, St. Gabriel
Street, Stopford Road, Suffield Road, Tarver Road.
ST. PAUL'S WARD.
Chapter Road, Chapter Terrace, Cook's Road, Frederick Road,
Goschen Street, Grosvenor Terrace, Horsman Street, St. Paul's Road,
Sturgeon Road.
ST. PETER'S DISTRICT.
Aycliffe House, Blewitt Street, Boyson Road, Faraday Street,
Inville Road, Mann Street, Merrow Street, Portland Street, Runham
Street, Villa Street, Westmoreland Road.
ST. JOHN'S DISTRICT.
Ash Street, Deacon Street, Eltham Street, Gurney Street, Henshaw
Street, Ladysmith Dwellings, Sayer Street, Weymouth Dwellings.
TRINITY WARD.
Avonmouth Street, Causeway Place, Deverell Street, Nebraska
Street, Parel Place, Rockingham Street, Tabard Street.
ALL SAINTS' DISTRICT.
Akers Street, Alvey House, Barlow Street, Beckway Street, Darwin
Street, East Street, Elsted Street, Flint Street, Flora Terrace, Hemp
Row, Henshaw Street, High Park Crescent, Huntsman Street, Osborne
Street, Rossett Place, Salisbury Row, Sandringham Buildings, Surrey
Grove.
table 11.
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY FOR THE SANITARY AREA, 1928. Showing the localities where the deaths occurred.
| Locality. | Smallpox. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Influenza. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough | — | — | 19 | — | — | 9 | — | 4 | — | 23 | 55 |
| Southwark Hospital | — | — | 16 | — | 1 | 9 | — | 10 | — | 3 | 39 |
| Met. Asylums Board Hospitals | 1 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -— | 1 | 1 | — | 59 |
| Newington Institution | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Evelina Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Guy's Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital .. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| Royal Waterloo Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| King's College Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Various Mental Hospitals | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| Lambeth Hospital | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Other Addresses | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 29 | 181 |