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. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | |||||||||||
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Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | ... . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... . | .. | .. | .. . | .. | .. . |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 582 | 35 | 52 | 37 | 62 | 58 | 69 | 163 | 15 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 29 |
Erysipelas | 57 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 399 | 80 | 43 | 28 | 42 | 24 | 46 | 47 | 14 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
Typhus Fever | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 166 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 17 |
Other Tuberculosis | 47 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 125 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 5 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 185 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
Malaria | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 8 | .. | ..1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 961 | 108 | 104 | 80 | 118 | 140 | 93 | 138 | 46 | 44 | 21 | 28 | 41 |
Totals | 2578 | 255 | 264 | 304 | 299 | 264 | 252 | 408 | 100 | 132 | 63 | 106 | 131 |