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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Deaths and Death Rates from Principal Infectious Diseases.
Year | Enteric Fever | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Diarrncea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total | |||||||||||||||
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No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | N o. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | ||||||||
1914 | 3 | 0.03 | - | - | 50 | 0.46 | 9 | 0.08 | 9 | 0.08 | 25 | 0.23 | 88 | 0.81 | 184 | 1.69 | |||||||
1915 | 5 | 0.05 | - | - | 49 | 0.44 | 9 | 0.08 | 61 | 0.55 | 10 | 0.09 | 94 | 0.85 | 228 | 2.07 | |||||||
1916 | 1 | 0.01 | - | — | 32 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.05 | 14 | 0.13 | 13 | 0.12 | 49 | 0.44 | 114 | 1.03 | |||||||
1917 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.02 | 20 | 0.19 | 22 | 0.21 | 56 | 0.54 | 130 | 1.25 | |||||||
1918 | 2 | 0.02 | — | - | 19 | 0.19 | 3 | 0.03 | 50 | 0.49 | 12 | 0.12 | 20 | 0.19 | 106 | 1.04 | |||||||
1919 | 2 | 0.01 | - | - | 21 | 0.18 | 9 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.01 | 16 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.33 | 82 | 0.74 | |||||||
1920 | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | 19 | 0.16 | 2 | 0.02 | 16 | 0.14 | 21 | 0.18 | 39 | 0.34 | 98 | 0.85 | |||||||
1921 | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 13 | 0.11 | 14 | 0.12 | 13 | 0.11 | 55 | 0.48 | 98 | 0.86 | |||||||
1922 | 2 | 0.02 | - | — | 59 | 0.52 | 11 | 0.10 | 35 | 0.31 | 39 | 0.34 | 11 | 0.10 | 157 | 1.38 | |||||||
1923 | 2 | 0.02 | - | — | 8 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.10 | 33 | 0.29 | 18 | 0.16 | 75 | 0.65 | |||||||
Average for 10 years | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | 29 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.06 | 23 | 0.21 | 20 | 0.18 | 46 | 0.42 | 127 | 1.16 | |||||||
1924 | 3 | 0.03 | — | — | 34 | 0.30 | 2 | 0.02 | 15 | 0.13 | 15 | 0.13 | 16 | 0.14 | 85 | 0.74 |