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Deptford 1924

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 1924.

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-W est Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox*1*..........1............1..1
Cholera..............................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup374910419438281..1085376327134371
Erysipelas79213192323..261221261220
Scarlet fever291..9915620151..677873211933278
Typhus fever..............................
Enteric fever20....5942..64..14120
Relapsing fever..............................
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever6......24....28......15
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis*1*......1......1..........1
Poliomyelitis2..2..........11........2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis244..32767104412723661182334248
Other Tuberculosis78..18415122..34811491266
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2525............635..5610
Anthrax..............................
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis20128..........663216212
Acute Pneumonia144244916161913..62153191986
Malaria5........41..23..........
Dysentery1........1..............1..
Enceph. Lethargica24..37743..21714913
Measles128256776433116....24731927314514515392
Totals2597128106388219522587176425395642343123061145
Subsequently found not to be suffering from the disease in question.