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Deptford 1903

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1903

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Table: Table No. 10. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board) (TABLE No. III.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 2ND, 1904

Table No. 10. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board) (TABLE No. III.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 2ND, 1904

Notifiable DiseaseCases notified in whole districtTotal cases notified in each localityNo. of cases removed to hospital from each locality
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsNorth DeptfordSouth DeptfordCentral DeptfordNorth DeptfordSouth DeptfordCentral Deptford
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox2............2.........2......2
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria44971662302125...1957018416046155
Membraneous croup11281.........5158...1
Erysipelas13464111772245237451...1
Scarlet fever50191682813112...1789123216665203
Typhus fever2.........2......11...11...
Enteric fever31...171112...91757114
Relapsing fever.......................................
Continued fever1............1...1...............
Puerperal fever7.........25...6...13...1
Plague.......................................
Chicken-pox4632419.........12826.........
Totals1184273715498412924459225500346123364