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:—
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934.
INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years | Total Cases 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 | 65 and up | ||||
Smallpox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 310 | 3 | 86 | 181 | 30 | 10 | .. | .. | 309 | 19 | .. | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 55 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 552 | 3 | 164 | 294 | 53 | 37 | 1 | .. | 528 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | .. | .. | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | l | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 34 | 16 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 26 | 24 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 137 | 9 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 84 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Fox | 107 | 6 | 39 | 57 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1247 | 59 | 350 | 555 | 117 | 96 | 51 | 19 | 929 | 137 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 |
* The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute." |