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Deptford 1935

[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 1935. INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.

Notifiable DiseaseAt all AgesTotal Cases Notified. At Ages—YearsTotalCases Removed to HospitalTotal DeathsDeaths at Ages—Years
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and up
Smallpox..................................
Cholera..................................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup30137816833144129910..46........
Erysipelas562..329291140................
Scarlet Fever2624931242516....251................
Typhus Fever..................................
Enteric Fever2........2....2................
Relapsing Fever..................................
Continued Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever1......1......1................
Puerperal Pyrexia9......45....91........l....
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis2..2..........2422..........
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis..................................
Encephalitis Lethargica1......1......1................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111..............................
Anthrax1..........1..1................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)1284..........116151..........
*Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia776186131117611641631221921
Malaria..................................
Bacilliary Dysentery..................................
Chicken Pox1232376616..114..............
Posterior Basal Meningitis11............1................
Totals85937232367955752196239533107231921
*The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute."