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Deptford 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System.
The incidence of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
and Encephalitis Lethargica is separately set forth below :—
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
During the decennium 1915-1924, the yearly notifications averaged
three cases. The figures since then are as follows :—
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Cases 3 3 2 4 4 2 1 5 7+3
Deaths 1 — — 4 2 2 4 5 2 1
flncluding one case of Posterior Basal Meningitis.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
The average number of notifications received between 1915-1924
was two. The corresponding figures since 1924 are as follows : —
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Cases 4 3 1 1 4 — 1 3 1 3
Deaths — — — — 1 — — — — —
Encephalitis Lethargica.
During the five years terminating 1924 (in which year the incidence
reached its peak) the average annual number of cases notified was
three. The subsequent figures were:—
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1G34
Cases 9 8 3 3 3 — — 1 — 1
Deaths 5 222 1 — — 22 1
All cases are periodically re-visited and treatment offered.
Pneumonia.
Both Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia are notifiable, and a statement of the notifications received and deaths recorded are as follows:—
| No. of cases Noti fied. | No. of deaths (all forms of Pneumonia.) | Death rate per 1,000 population. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average 1920-1924 | 94 | 137 | 1.2 |
| 1925-1929 | 172 | 121 | 1.0 |
| 1930 | 74 | 73 | 0.7 |
| 1931 | 101 | 113 | 1.0 |
| 1932 | 104 | 82 | 0.7 |
| 1933 | 157 | 84 | 0.8 |
| 1934 | 137 | 84 | 0.8 |