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Deptford 1918

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Table: Table No. 4.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 1918.

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Table No. 4.

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 1918.

Notifiable Disease	Number of cases notified.								Total cases notified in each Ward.						Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages	At Ages—Years							East Ward	North Ward	North-West Ward	South Ward	South-East Ward	South-West Ward
		Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards
		Chicken Pox	189	4	78	104	3	..								..	..	46	55	27	16	26	19
	Small-pox	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..		..	1
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup	244	4	93	118	25	4	..	..	37	67	83	18	24	15	233
Erysipelas	69	1	4	9	8	16	24		29	12	10	3	6	9
Scarlet fever	197	4	55	112	23	2	1		40	51	44	21	23	18	186
Typhus fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric fever	14	..	..	4	4	3	3	..	1	7	2	..	2	2	13
Measles	550	27	393	122	4	3	1	..	73	145	108	73	39	112	..
German Measles	157	1	84	53	13	4	2	..	42	35	37	10	7	26	..
Relapsing fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal fever	2	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis	3	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	3
Poliomyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	204		10	26	47	89	30	2	55	48	33	10	24	34	79
Other forms of Tuberculosis	110	2	21	64	15	5	1	2	35	25	18	10	10	12	6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	16	16	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5	..	2	3	1	..
Anthrax	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals	1756	59	740	614	145	127	62	11	363	451	365	164	166	249	523

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Table: Table No. 4.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 1918.