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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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1929.
Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | |||||||||||
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Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
Smallpox | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 411 | 29 | 46 | 40 | 46 | 29 | 56 | 49 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
Erysipelas | 52 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 656 | 70 | 63 | 59 | 63 | 99 | 79 | 77 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 63 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 33 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 172 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 18 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Chicken Pox | 61 | .. | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 |
Totals | 1447 | 116 | 140 | 161 | 157 | 155 | 177 | 164 | 69 | 72 | 46 | 63 | 127 |