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Southwark 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 41.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, during each week of the year 1928.
| Week Ending. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Small pox. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Malaria. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Phthisis. | Other forms of | Tuberculosis. | Measles. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Epidemic Diarrhœa. | Pneumonia. | Dysentery. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Polio-Encephalitis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 7 | 15 | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 157 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 212 |
| „ 14 | 11 | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 99 | - | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | 156 |
| „ 21 | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 80 | 2 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 127 |
| „ 28 | 10 | 23 | - | - | - | 4 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 3 | 85 | — | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 143 |
| Feb. 4 | 7 | 24 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 106 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 161 |
| „ 11 | 9 | 21 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | — | 102 | — | - | 3 | - | — | - | 146 |
| „ 18 | 15 | 23 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 85 | — | - | 5 | - | — | - | 142 |
| „ 25 | 17 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 9 | 1 | 135 | — | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | 204 |
| March 3 | 12 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 103 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 162 |
| „ 10 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 135 | — | - | 15 | - | 2 | - | 186 |
| „ 17 | 9 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | 8 | 1 | 89 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 128 |
| „ 24 | 6 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 105 | - | - | 10 | - | — | - | 147 |
| „ 31 | 12 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 113 | — | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | 160 |
| April 7 | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | 6 | — | 73 | — | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 108 |
| „ 14 | 16 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | — | 6 | — | 97 | - | - | 12 | - | 2 | - | 149 |
| „ 21 | 15 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 52 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 94 |
| „ 28 | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 59 | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 102 |
| May 5 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 39 | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | - | 65 |
| „ 12 | 17 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 2 | 54 | - | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | 110 |
| „ 19 | 14 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 39 | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | 86 |
| „ 26 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | — | 2 | 3 | 43 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 76 |