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Deptford 1931

[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 DiseaseAt all AgesTotal Cases Notified.At Ages-YearsTotalCases Removed to HospitalTotal DeathsDeaths at Ages—Years
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 255 to 4545 to 6565 and upUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6566 and up
Smallpox37..3101086..37................
Cholera..................................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup264994104282531263122721......
Erysipelas592..7472712342........11..
Scarlet Fever442712025339203..4386..4..11....
Typhus Fever..................................
Enteric Fever2........2....2................
Relapsing Fever..................................
Continued Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever5......23....5................
Puerperal Pyrexia17......710....15................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis11............1421........1
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis11............1................
Encephalitis Lethargica..................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2121............2................
Anthrax..................................
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years)261412............99............
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia10161612935111220113298l3112536
Malaria..................................
Bacilliary Dvsentery..................................
Chicken Pox15274388122......................
Totals1128682884741111125025818146422035132637
The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute."