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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
Deptford 1908
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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| Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to cases. | Errors of diagnosis and hospital cases. | Nett number of cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 206 | 197 | 18 | 179 |
| Membraneous Croup | 10 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 182 | 168 | - | 168 |
| Scarlet Fever | 741 | 723 | 22 | 701 |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | 29 | 3 | 26 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1174 | 1131 | 43 | 1088 |
| 1907 | 1303 | 1248 | 86 | 1143 |
The following table shows the number of notifications received
during each of the last ten years.
Notifications in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford from 1898 to 1908.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membraneous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections. (premises) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | .. | 386 | 15 | 154 | 510 | 1 | 102 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | 1178 | .. | 677 |
| 1899 | .. | 406 | 30 | 185 | 756 | .. | 100 | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | 1492 | .. | 844 |
| 1900 | .. | 356 | .. | 171 | 504 | .. | 111 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 1164 | .. | 673 |
| 1901 | 4 | 407 | .. | 78 | 550 | 8 | 60 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1116 | .. | 925 |
| 1902 | 139 | 253 | 4 | 147 | 638 | .. | 73 | .. | 3 | 1119 | .. | 2456 | .. | 1076 |
| 1903 | 2 | 449 | 11 | 134 | 501 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 46 | .. | 1184 | 273 | 1164 |
| 1904 | 11 | 186 | 4 | 146 | 501 | .. | 29 | .. | 8 | 304 | .. | 1129 | 1029 | 1507 |
| 1905 | 2 | 143 | 6 | 152 | 603 | .. | 33 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 946 | 600 | 1197 |
| 1906 | 1 | 303 | 8 | 161 | 649 | .. | 40 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 1171 | 1007 | 1593 |
| 1907 | .. | 287 | 13 | 130 | 774 | .. | 34 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1248 | 726 | 1495 |
| Average for past 10 yrs. | 15 | 317 | 9 | 145 | 598 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 146 | 2 | 1308 | 363 | 1135 |
| 1908 | .. | 197 | 10 | 168 | 723 | .. | 29 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1131 | 850 | 1399 |
The amount paid to medical practitioners for notifications during the year was:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 34 | 16 | 6 |
| Second ,, | 26 | 5 | 6 |
| Third „ | 36 | 13 | 6 |
| Fourth ,, | 34 | 3 | 6 |
| £131 | 19 | 0 |
These fees are repaid to the Sanitary Authority by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.