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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Table No. XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 85 | 65 and upwards | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 582 | 8 | 177 | 318 | 48 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 579 |
Erysipelas | 57 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 15 |
Scarlet Fever | 399 | 4 | 112 | 241 | 24 | 18 | .. | .. | 385 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 166 | .. | 1 | 19 | 44 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 229 |
Other Tuberculosis | 47 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 43 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 125 | 64 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 185 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 20 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 52 |
Malaria | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica . | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Measles | 961 | 50 | 496 | 400 | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | 52 |
Totals | 2578 | 155 | 909 | 1042 | 180 | 169 | 100 | 23 | 1394 |
Notifiable as from 1st October, 1926 I