Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The following is a comparative table showing the number of deaths from measles and whooping cough during each of the past ten years:—
Deaths from | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 58 | 72 | 73 | 16 | 71 | 55 | 33 | 66 | 60 | 67 | 571 |
Whooping Cough | 36 | 47 | 49 | 18 | 61 | 35 | 25 | 47 | 44 | 35 | 397 |
I submit a table for the past ten years to show the number of deaths from measles and whooping cough below five years of age, as compared with those occurring over that age :-
Disease | Age | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | Under 5 years | 51 | 64 | 69 | 15 | 64 | 51 | 32 | 60 | 50 | 62 | 518 |
Over 5 years | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 63 | |
Total | 58 | 72 | 73 | 16 | 71 | 55 | 33 | 66 | 60 | 67 | 571 | |
Whooping Cough | Under 5 years | 35 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 59 | 34 | 24 | 45 | 42 | 34 | 382 |
Over 5 years | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
Total | 36 | 47 | 49 | 18 | 61 | 35 | 25 | 47 | 44 | 35 | 397 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Number of cases notified, 1911.
Under the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 180
„ (in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911 155
Total 335
Number of deaths 144
Death-rate per 1,000 (Deptford) 1.31