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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Disease.1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4th quarterTotal for year
Smallpox1519...337
Diphtheria97675743264
Erysipelas1717121359
Scarlet Fever11110184146442
Enteric Fever.........22
Puerperal Fever31...15
Puerperal Pyrexia562417
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1.........1
Poliomyelitis.........11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum438621
Infantile Diarrhœa, etc.1515526
Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia4019834101
Encephalitis Lethargica...............
Chicken Pox45523223152
Malaria...............
Totals3392902182811128

Table: Scarlet Fever.

Scarlet Fever.

YearNo. of CasesAttack Rate per 1,000 populationNo. of DeathsCase Mortality per cent.
Average 1915-244814.261.2
„ 1925-294444.02.40.54
19305715.130.5
19314424.161.3

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Scarlet Fever, during 1932, showed some increase in virulence.
The great majority of cases, however, were of the mild type seen of
recent years. In such, the rash is frequently of so mild a character
that it is not until desquamation occurs that a definite diagnosis is made.