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Deptford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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7
1949
Infectious Diseases. Number of Cases Notified
| 0-1 years | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 65 years | Total | Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 44 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 162 | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio Encephalitis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 48* | |||||
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 15 | 22 | 109 | 116 | 213 | 196 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 680 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scabies | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Para Typhoid | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 41 | 31 | 137 | 148 | 241 | 224 | 61 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1041 | |
There were no cases of smallpox, typhoid fever, typhus fever, cerebro spinal fever or malaria notified.
* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
TUBERCULOSIS
The responsibility for treatment and prevention of tuberculosis is now
divided. The treatment is the responsibility of the Regional Hospital
Board, the County Council as Local Health Authority is responsible for
care and after care, and the Local Authority has responsibilities for the
prevention of the spread of disease and for the maintenance of the
Tuberculosis Register.
The number of notifications of tuberculosis was much higher than in
the previous year and this may be due to earlier diagnosis and the diagnosis
of cases previously missed by reason of the availability of the general
practitioner service and the use of mass miniature radiography.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis as notified by the Registrar
General was 44, made up as follows:—
Respiratory tuberculosis Males 35; Females 5
Tuberculosis, other forms Males 2; Females 2
The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis is 0.58 per 1,000 of the
population.