Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table No. 4.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.
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 | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 315 | 5 | 79 | 180 | 32 | 17 | 2 | .. | 48 | 65 | 65 | 33 | 47 | 57 | 296 |
Erysipelas | 32 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .. |
Scarlet fever | 723 | 7 | 174 | 467 | 56 | 18 | 1 | .. | 118 | 210 | 175 | 52 | 88 | 80 | 701 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 11 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 12 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 250 | .. | 3 | 40 | 55 | 94 | 55 | 3 | 84 | 68 | 43 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 110 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 68 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 4 | .. | 21 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Enteritis | 162 | 96 | 66 | .. | . . | . . | . . | .. | 104 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | .. |
Acute Pneumonia | 82 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 4 | .. |
Malaria | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | 2 | .. | 9 | 5 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
Dysentery | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enceph. Lethargica | 2 | . . | .. | .. | . . | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | . . | . . | 2 |
Totals | 1765 | 149 | 356 | 746 | 181 | 221 | 98 | 14 | 472 | 431 | 361 | 109 | 204 | 188 | 1148 |