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Southwark 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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ACUTE PRIMARY AND INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA.
487 cases were notified during the year. 301 of these were removed
to hospital or infirmary. There were 114 deaths of these notified cases.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
14 cases were notified during the year, with 5 deaths.
In each case of death, the circumstauces were investigated by
myself and the full facts reported to the Maternal Mortality Committee
of the Ministry of Health in accordance with their instructions.
All the 14 cases were removed to hospital.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
39 cases have been notified. 31 were removed to hospital and 8
kept at home.
It will be noticed from the above tables that Measles, Diphtheria
and Encephalitis Lethargica decreased, but that most of the other
notifiable diseases increased. This especially applies to those in which
the lungs are involved.
On the whole, 1929 was a bad year for infectious diseases, partly
due, perhaps, to weather conditions.