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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 1915
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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| Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to cases. | Errors of diagnosis and cases occurring in hospital | Nett number of cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 201 | 201 | 14 | 187 |
| Erysipelas | 157 | 146 | 1 | 145 |
| Scarlet Fever | 442 | 440 | 31 | 409 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 37 | 37 | 4 | 33 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Plague | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 15 | 15 | – | 15 |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 766 | 299 | – | 299 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 163 | 106 | – | 106 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 13 | – | 13 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Chicken pox | 197 | 196 | – | 196 |
| Total | 2000 | 1460 | 50 | 1410 |
| Previous vear | 2064 | 1794 | 65 | 1729 |
The following table shows the number of patients notified
during each of the last ten years:—
INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD FROM 1905 TO 1915.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Tuberculosis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Acute Poliomyelitis | Glanders. | Anthrax. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections. (premises) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1248 | 726 | 1495 | |
| 1908 | .. | 197 | 10 | 168 | 723 | .. | 29 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1131 | 850 | 1399 |
| 1909 | .. | 185 | 9 | 179 | 373 | .. | 33 | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | 172 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 963 | 467 | 1232 |
| 1910 | .. | 125 | 5 | 138 | 300 | .. | 24 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 96 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 692 | 1114 | 1209 |
| 1911 | 1 | 152 | 7 | 177 | 369 | .. | 13 | 4 | 2 | 157 | .. | 335 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 1233 | 664 | 1121 |
| 1912 | .. | 172 | .. | 188 | 406 | .. | 9 | 1 | 8 | .. | 4 | 436 | 26 | 4 | .. | .. | 1254 | 221 | 940 |
| 1913 | .. | 247 | .. | 230 | 639 | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 584 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | 1738 | 497 | 1192 |
| 1914 | .. | 253 | .. | 225 | 866 | .. | 9 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 419 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 1794 | 480 | 1385 |
| Average for past 10 Yrs. | .. | 206 | 6 | 175 | 570 | .. | 24 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 204 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1217 | 663 | 1276 |
| 1915 | .. | 201 | .. | 146 | 440 | .. | 37 | .. | 4 | 196 | 15 | 405 | 13 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1460 | 688 | 1105 |