[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1922?]
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    48 SMALL POX. No case of this disease was notified during the year 1921. SCARLET FEVER. During the year under consideration 1,266 cases were notified, with 13 deaths. The number of notifications was the highest recorded since 1914. The greatest number of cases occurred in St. Mary, St. Paul, St. Peter and St. John's Wards. The number of cases notified, as compared with London, during the last ten years was : — In Southwark. In London. In Southwark. In London. 1912 500 11,312 1917 276 6,110 1913 880 17,552 1918 653 6,811 1914 1,448 25,015 1919 799 12,931 1915 467 17,104 1920 893 22,713 1916 301 8,766 1921 1,266 32,738 Number of deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten vears :— In Southwark. In London. In Southwark. In London. 1912 6 159 1917 7 85 1913 11 188 1918 14 118 1914 22 316 1919 4 145 1915 12 332 1920 5 207 1916 5 146 1921 13 290 Of the 1,266 cases notified in the present year, as many as 1,240 were removed to hospital, i.e., 98 0 per cent., as against 97'9 per cent, for last year. The deaths in the 1,266 cases sent to hospital numbered 13, a mortality of 1.0 per cent. In regard to the 26 cases nursed at home, they all recovered. The annual rate of mortality was 0 07. DIPHTHERIA. There has been a slight decrease in the number of cases of Diph theria notified during the year under consideration. The total notifications numbered 537 and the deaths 30 for the year The percentage of deaths to the cases notified was 56. The annual mortality per 1,000 inhabitants was 0.16.