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Deptford 1915

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. 2. 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 1915.

Cholera..............................
Diphtheria including Membranous croup2013551092193l324354192429184
Erysipelas146310112438451551302510181214
Scarlet fever440311127338132..11910491373950402
Typhus fever..............................
Enteric fever37..1127134..3241..9..33
Relapsing fever..............................
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever4......22....1..2....12
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis15335211..43323..15
Poliomyelitis2..11............11....2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis299..84557127575987047193332205
Other forms of Tuberculosis10612264111682451421613732
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313............4421..2..
Chicken-pox1961268112121..44752561333..
Anthrax1..........1............1..
Totals14604928360916321112223401367272101152167889