Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1924.
Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages | At Ages—Years | East Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-W est Ward | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Small-pox* | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 374 | 9 | 104 | 194 | 38 | 28 | 1 | .. | 108 | 53 | 76 | 32 | 71 | 34 | 371 |
Erysipelas | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 23 | .. | 26 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
Scarlet fever | 291 | .. | 99 | 156 | 20 | 15 | 1 | .. | 67 | 78 | 73 | 21 | 19 | 33 | 278 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 20 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis* | 1* | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 244 | .. | 3 | 27 | 67 | 104 | 41 | 2 | 72 | 36 | 61 | 18 | 23 | 34 | 248 |
Other Tuberculosis | 78 | .. | 18 | 41 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .. | 34 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 66 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 | .. | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 20 | 12 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Acute Pneumonia | 144 | 24 | 49 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 13 | .. | 62 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 6 |
Malaria | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Enceph. Lethargica | 24 | .. | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Measles | 1282 | 56 | 776 | 433 | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | 247 | 319 | 273 | 145 | 145 | 153 | 92 |
Totals | 2597 | 128 | 1063 | 882 | 195 | 225 | 87 | 17 | 642 | 539 | 564 | 234 | 312 | 306 | 1145 |
Subsequently found not to be suffering from the disease in question. |