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Deptford 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford]

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Table No. 2.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board), CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1917.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsEast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox..............................
Cholera....... .......................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup26838614223122..5910179151816258
Erysipelas1074811163129..5016139118..
Scarlet fever11713470401113441713822106
Typhus fever..............................
Enteric fever10..134..2....42..318
Measles..............................
German Measles..............................
Relapsing fever..............................
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever3......21....21........3
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis9..432......3222....8
Poliomyelitis..............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis266133372114385805152173234130
Other forms of141635692272..602526116138
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2323............67511..3
Anthrax..............................
Totals942381753311511667412273251196588994524