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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 41.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1934.
| Disease. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10. | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | M ales. | Females. | Total | Cation admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 238 | 256 | 134 | 46 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 327 | 421 | 748 | 683 | 5 |
| Smallpox | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 214 | 241 | 85 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 270 | 330 | 600 | 598 | 21 |
| Memb. Croup | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | — | – | – | — | — | – | — | – | |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Paratyphoid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 19 | 15 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Measles | 132 | 1619 | 832 | 56 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1329 | 1350 | 2679 | 846 | 65 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 2 | – | 125 | 56 | 181 | 70 | 34 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | – |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 2 | – | 50 | 48 | 98 | 57 | – |
| Polio-Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Polio-Myelitis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | — |
| Chickenpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 163 | 2103 | 1345 | 291 | 112 | 97 | 96 | 64 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 4 | – | 2133 | 2252 | 4385 | 2320 | 139 |