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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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable Infectious Disease.
The following Tables present a Summary of the cases notified, analysed according to age and ward distribution and seasonal incidence:—
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Total Cases Notified. | At Ages-Years | TotalCases Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | Deaths at Ages—Years | |||||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 5 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 66 and up | ||||
Smallpox | 37 | .. | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | .. | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 264 | 9 | 94 | 104 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 59 | 2 | .. | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 442 | 7 | 120 | 253 | 39 | 20 | 3 | .. | 438 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 26 | 14 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 101 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 113 | 29 | 8 | l | 3 | 11 | 25 | 36 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dvsentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 152 | 7 | 43 | 88 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1128 | 68 | 288 | 474 | 111 | 112 | 50 | 25 | 818 | 146 | 42 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 37 |
The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute." |