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Deptford 1923

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. XII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1923.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsEast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox..............................
Cholera Diphtheria including..............................
Membranous Croup41771312233620....7868182212741409
Erysipelas57313121420..316103349
Scarlet fever349186222319....616382333278331
Typhus fever..............................
Enteric fever10....6..4....62......210
Relapsing fever............................
Continued lever..............................
Puerperal fever7......331..2121..17
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Poliomyelitis3..12........1..11....3
Pulmonary Tuber242..22158102509755143203419208
Other forms of Tuberculosis94519471472..4418888842
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1515............5231226
Anthrax..............................
Infantile Diarrhæa and Enteritis331221..........1971..514
Acute Pneumonia7462014712141377181745
Malaria4........31..22..........
Dysentery............................
Enceph. Lethargica. .............................
Chickenpox702204611....94307155..
Measles20471266641..••3933671130249
Totals15795842765016617688144092644471071631891043