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Deptford 1909

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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Table: The following table shows the number of notifications received during each of the last ten years :— Notifications in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford from 1899 to 1909.

The following table shows the number of notifications received during each of the last ten years :— Notifications in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford from 1899 to 1909.

Year.Smallpox.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Chicken Pox.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Pulmonary Tuberculosis,Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Totals.Measles.Disinfections, (premises)
1899..40630185756..100212............1492..844
1900..356..171504..11129............1164..673
19014407..78550860..2............1116..925
19021392534147638..73..31119..........2456..1076
19032449111345012311746..........11842731164
1904111864146501..29..8304..........112910291507
190521436152603..33..7............9466001197
190G13038161649..40..9............117110071593
190728713130774..3444..2........12487261495
1908..19710168723..29..4............11318501399
Average for past 10 yrs.152988147519154•961462........13034481187
1909..1859179373..3346..2172......9634671232

Table: The amount paid to medical practitioners for notification during the past year was:—

The amount paid to medical practitioners for notification during the past year was:—

£s.d.
First Quarter34100
Second ,,28163
Third „26166
Fourth „2506
£11533

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These fees, except those for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, are repaid
to the Sanitary Authority by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The arrangement for the bacteriological examination and report
upon doubtful cases, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, was renewed
by the Council with Clinical Research Association of Watergate
House, Adelphi, W.C.
The number of examinations made by them during the year
ending 1st January, 1910, was 205; of these 190 were for Diphtheria,
and 15 for Enteric Fever, the result being that 74 were found to be
positive and 131 negative. At a cost of £38 4 0.