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Deptford 1934

[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 1934.

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
Smallpox1......1......l................
Cholera..................................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup3103861813010....30919..109........
Erysipelas551..2812221030................
Scarlet Fever552316429453371..5281....1........
Typhus Fever..................................
Enteric Fever1........1....1................
Relapsing Fever..................................
Continued Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever6......15....62........2....
Puerperal Pyrexia15......510....123......11l..
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3..12........31..1..........
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3..111......3................
Encephalitis Lethargica1......1......11......1......
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2121............2................
Anthrax1........1....1................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)341618..........526242..........
*Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia137941181319289248419141541922
Malaria..................................
Bacilliary Dysentery..................................
Chicken Fox1076395741....3................
Posterior Basal Meningitis..................................
Totals124759350555117965119929137432711772022
* The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute."