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Deptford 1905

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905

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Table: Table No. 3. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1905

Table No. 3. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board).

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1905

Notifiable DiseaseCases notified in whole districtTotal cases notified in each localityNo.,of cases removed to hospital from each locality
At allAgesUnder 11 to 5At Ages—Years25 to 6565 and upwardsNorth DeptfordSouth DeptfordCentral DeptfordNorth DeptfordSouth DeptfordCentral Deptford
5 to 1515 to 25
Small-pox2......11......11......1...
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria1435497379...325358253749
Membraneous croup6...42.........3...32...2
Erysipelas152510112087195042603...4
Scarlet fever60381933504210...223145235192100212
Typhus fever.....................................
Enteric fever33...210615...101498117
Relapsing fever.......................................
Continued fever.......................................
Puerperal fever7.........43...2141...3
Plague.......................................
Totals946182584478012419321256369232149277