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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Re-Tested after 3 months. | Found Immune. | |||
| Children, 0-5 | 49 | Children, 0-5 | 48 | |
| Children, 5-14 | 71 | Children, 5-14 | 67 | |
| Adults | 1 | Adults | 1 | |
| Found Susceptible. | Miscellanous Readings. | |||
| Adults | 1 | Children, 0-5 | - | |
| Children, 5-14 | 3 | Children, 5-14 | 1 | |
| Children, 0-5 | - | Adults | - | |
| Total Attendances. | ||||
| Children, 0-5 | 295 | |||
| Children, 5-14 | 295 | |||
| Adults | 8—Total 598 | |||
*These 10 cases were treated at the various Hospitals as out-patients.
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
A record is kept under the Blind Persons Act, 1920, of all cases
under 5 years of age reported from the Welfare Centres, which are referred
to the Metropolitan Society for the Blind, 296, Vauxhall Bridge Road.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER, ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA
AND POLIOMYELITIS.
12 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified during the year,
10 of which died. 2 cases of Poliomyelitis were also notified and sent
to hospital. 1 case of Encephalitis Lethargica died at home, having
been notified in 1930.
ACUTE PRIMARY AND INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA.
411 cases were notified during the year. 278 of these were removed
to hospital or infirmary. There were 84 deaths of these notified cases.
CANCER.
This disease shows a steady increase year by year. Of the 290 deaths,
259 occurred in persons over the age of 45.
The age groups are as follows:—
There were 51 deaths aged 45 to 55.
,, ,, 78 ,, ,, 55 to 65.
,, ,, 90 ,, ,, 65 to 75.
,, ,, 40 ,, ,, 75 and upwards.
The greatest number of deaths occurred in males.
The principal sites of the cancer were the stomach and intestines in
the male, and the breast and genital organs in the female.
The number of deaths from cancer in the last five years is as follows:—
Deaths.
1927 260
1928 252
1929 254
1930 250
1931 290