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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1926 | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Measles | Cancer | Puerperal Fever | Pneumonia | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | Encephalitis Lethargica | 0Erysipelas | Epidemic Diarrhoea | Influenza | Scabies | Infantile Paralysis | Dysentery | Whooping Cough | Ringworm | Dropsy. | Typhoid Fever | Formalin Spray | Fumigated | |||
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Infectious | Requests | Total Rooms | Verminous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Premises | Rooms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
R'ms. | R'ms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
January | 83 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 189 | 5 | 194 | 2 | 5 |
February | 64 | 25 | 28 | 5 | •• | .. | 1 | 6 | l | l | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 132 | 2 | 134 | 6 | 13 |
March | 69 | 44 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 146 | 12 | 158 | 4 | 4 |
April | 75 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 145 | 3 | 148 | 9 | 15 |
May | 4 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 101 | 6 | 107 | 3 | 5 |
June | 47 | 20 | 43 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 111 | 8 | 119 | 19 | 25 |
July | 36 | 21 | 23 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | l | .. | 90 | 19 | 109 | 2 | 4 |
August | 21 | 35 | 17 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 77 | 1 | 78 | 8 | 11 |
September | 39 | 33 | 24 | •• | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | l | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 106 | 5 | 111 | 18 | 30 |
October | 33 | 53 | 30 | • • | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 120 | 7 | 127 | 12 | 22 |
November | 39 | 58 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 148 | 9 | 157 | 7 | 7 |
December | 35 | 57 | 23 | .. | 3 | 4 | •• | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 128 | 21 | 149 | 2 | 2 |
584 | 428 | 342 | 54 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | l | 1 | l | 1 | 1493 | 98 | 1591 | 92 | 143 |