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 Mo. XII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1922.
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 | *1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | . . | l | .. | .. | .. | . . | 1 | |
Cholera | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 459 | 4 | 121 | 232 | 55 | 42 | 5 | .. | 86 | 96 | 125 | 43 | 55 | 54 | 452 |
Erysipelas | 75 | .. | 3 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | . . |
Scarlet fever | 547 | 19 | 101 | 337 | 66 | 22 | 2 | 128 | 153 | 126 | 36 | 43 | 61 | 530 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric fever | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | |||
Continued fever | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Cerebrc.Spinal Meningitis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . ... | ||
Pulmonary Tuber | 208 | .. | 2 | 14 | 58 | 92 | 38 | 4 | 65 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 180 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 75 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute Pneumonia | 125 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 41 | 22 | .. | 58 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 9 | .. |
Malaria | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enceph. Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | 82 | 5 | 31 | 40 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 9 | .. | .. |
Measles | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Totals | 1685 | 62 | 301 | 699 | 222 | 258 | 81 | 12 | 416 | 375 | 413 | 113 | 154 | 164 | 1199 |