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Deptford 1933

[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 :—

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1933.

INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.

Notifiable DiseaseAt all AgesTotal Cases Notified. At Ages—YearsTotal Cases 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 6565 and up
Smallpox..................................
Cholera..................................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup23637212122135..2355..32........
Erysipelas90335531301351................
Scarlet Fever732621741959274..720................
Typhus Fever. .................................
Enteric Fever2......11....21........1....
Relapsing Fever..................................
Continued Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever4........4....46........6....
Puerperal Pyrexia15......411....133......3....
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis612..111..6211..........
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis1..3..........1................
Knceplialitis Lethargica. .................2..........2..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum88..............................
Anthrax..................................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)23158............15132..........
* Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia1572612244844216384911....42730
Malaria1..........1..1................
Bacilliary Dysentery..................................
Chicken Fox15612429093....3................
Posterior Basal Meningitis11..• •....••..1................
Totals1432513516471251398534110011823175142930
* The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as '' Acute."