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Deptford 1904
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904
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Table No. 11.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board).
(TABLE No. III.)
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1904.
Notifiable Disease
Cases notified in whole district
Total cases notified in each
locality
No. of cases removed to
hospital from each locality
North
Deptford
South
Deptford
Central
Deptford
North
Deptford
South
Deptford
Central
Deptford
At all
Ages
At Ages—Years
Under 1
1 to 50
5 to 15
15 to 25
25 to 65
65 and
upwards
Small-pox
...
1
...
...
10
...
10
1
11
...
2
5
4
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
58
186
3
70
88
11
14
...
8 4
44
73
33
44
Membraneous croup
1
...
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
1
Erysipelas
146
6
8
53
35
58
1
13
15
93
11
...
...
128
106
Scarlet fever
405
4
130
2 3 0
34
7
147
134
124
111
...
Typhus fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric fever
1
6
8
8
13
7
5
11
29
...
11
11
...
Relapsing fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal fever
8
...
...
3
...
...
3
5
...
3
...
5
...
Plague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
340
41
149
136
9
5
120
107
113
...
...
...
Totals
364
83
139
11
416
373
156
54
478
1129
340
209
170
...