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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1911

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table No. 2. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1911.

Table No. 2. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1911.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in eaoh Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsEast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox1. .. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .1. .. .. .1
Cholera. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Diphtheria including Membranous croup159451831371. .273740181126135
Erysipelas1778915266146125452338161416
Scarlet fever36921132232011. .. .4314291243039346
Typhus fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric fever13. .1255. .. .32422. .9
Relapsing fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Continued fever4. .1. .. .3. .. .2. .. .. .11. .
Puerperal fever2. .. .. .. .2. .. .. .1. .. .. .12
Plague. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Cerebro-Spinal Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Anthrax. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Hydrophobia. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Glanders. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
PhthisisUnderTuberculosis Regulations, 1908180l11191769558715917222979
UnderTubercuIosis Regulations. 1911155..32732741724336376161723
Chicken-pox15712617932. .. .391636144012. .
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1515. .. .. .. .. .. .85. .. .111
Acute Poliomyelitis1. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .
Totals1233422514481162351192229035026074139120612