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Southwark 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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The number of cases notified, and the number of deaths during the last five years were as follows:—
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 534 | 10 |
| 1925 | 741 | 8 |
| 1926 | 519 | 3 |
| 1927 | 540 | 1 |
| 1928 | 673 | 3 |
MEASLES.
The mortality from Measles was considerably higher than the three
previous years, but this was not peculiar to Southwark, as the same
increase was common to nearly all the London Boroughs.
The severe cases were sent to the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.
All cases are visited by a Health Visitor who gives advice and
instruction, and if necessary, visits them subsequently, but no definite
nursing of Measles is undertaken by the Borough Council, as in a previous
epidemic no great benefit accrued from adopting this course, and the
much better plan is for the children themselves to have proper hospital
accommodation and skilled attention.
The number of cases notified during the year was 2,431, of these
1,462 were under five years of age, 385 cases were removed to hospital.
The number of cases of Diphtheria notified and the number of deaths during the last five years were as follows:—
| Notified. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 791 | 49 |
| 1925 | 905 | 31 |
| 1926 | 945 | 32 |
| 1927 | 774 | 21 |
| 1928 | 668 | 13 |
DIARRHŒA.
In spite of the hot summer there was less summer diarrhœa than in
previous years, and the deaths only amounted to 31, as against 36 in
1927, and 61 in 1926.
In Southwark, Summer Diarrhœa is notifiable during the months
of July, August and September, and in these three months 92 cases were