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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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 468 | 13 | 153 | 232 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 467 | |
Erysipelas | 76 | .. | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 25 |
Scarlet Fever | 454 | .. | 106 | 294 | 38 | 15 | 1 | .. | 442 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 10 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | 8 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 166 | .. | .. | 11 | 43 | 60 | 47 | 5 | 263 |
Other Tuberculosis | 47 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .. | 42 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 113 | 60 | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 153 | 10 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 44 |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Measles | 2317 | 101 | 1176 | 1020 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | 297 |
Totals | 3854 | 206 | 1541 | 1601 | 195 | 170 | 115 | 26 | 1625 |