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Deptford 1929

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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
1. Notifiable Infectious Disease.
The following Tables present a Summary of the cases notified, analysed according to age and ward distribution and seasonal incidence:—

Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1929.INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.

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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1929.

INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.

Notifiable Disease	At all Ages	Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years							Total Cases Removed to Hospital	Total Deaths	Deaths at Ages—Years
Notifiable Disease	At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and up	Total Cases Removed to Hospital	Total Deaths	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and up
Smallpox	15	..	..	6	5	4	..	..	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera	• •	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup	411	7	120	224	43	14	3	..	411	3	..	1	2	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	52	3	..	..	1	23	19	6	21	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	..
Scarlet Fever	656	10	167	399	51	25	4	..	650	4	..	2	2	..	..	..	..
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric Fever	6	..	..	2	1	..	3	..	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Relapsing Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	• •	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	2	..	..	..	..	2	..	. .	2	1	..	..	..	..	l	..	..
Puerperal Pyrexia	6	..	..	..	1	5	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis	4	1	1	1	1	• •	..	..	4	2	l	..	..	1	..	..	..
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis	4	1	2	..	2	..	..	..	4	1	l	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Anthrax	14	14	..	• •	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
nfantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)	33	15	18	..	..	..	..	..	0	17	17	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia	172	7	31	19	24	35	29	27	74	146	31	27	4	4	12	30	38
Malaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Baci'liary Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Encephalitis Lethargica	3	..	....	..	..	1	..	2	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
†Measles	8	1	6	1	..	..	..	..	2	6	..	6	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken Pox	61	4	23	31	2	1	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals	1447	63	368	683	130	110	58	35	1202	184	50	36	8	5	13	33	39
1 he deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute." † Measles ceased to be notifiable on 31st March, 1929, The deaths relate to the whole year.

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1929.INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.