Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902
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(Table III.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 27TH, 1902.
Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole district | Total cases notified in each locality | No. of cases removed to hospital from each locality | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages | At Ages—Years | North Deptford | South Deptford | North Deptford | South Deptford | Central Deptford | Central Deptford | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
Small-pox | 139 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 2 | 63 | 29 | 47 | 62 | 28 | 47 |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 253 | 4 | 87 | 121 | 18 | 23 | ... | 70 | 80 | 103 | 32 | 40 | 71 |
Membraneous croup | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 147 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 93 | 10 | 56 | 45 | 46 | ... | 1 | ... |
Scarlet fever | 638 | 6 | 189 | 368 | 50 | 25 | ... | 204 | 198 | 236 | 157 | 135 | 180 |
Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric fever | 73 | ... | 3 | 15 | 20 | 35 | ... | 32 | 15 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 15 |
Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | 1199 | 142 | 543 | 472 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 464 | 291 | 444 | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 2456 | 165 | 835 | 1020 | 167 | 256 | 13 | 891 | 659 | 906 | 270 | 212 | 314 |