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Deptford 1911

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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The following table shows the number of patients notified
during each of the last ten years:—

The following table shows the number of patients notified during each of the last ten years:— INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD FROM 1901 TO 1911.

Year.Smallpox.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Chicken Pox.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Ophthalmia NeonatorumAcute Poliomyelitis.Totals.Measles.Disinfections, (premises)
19014407. .78550860. .2. .. .. .. .. .1116. .925
19021392534147638. .73. .31119. .. .. .. .2450. .1076
19032449111345012311746. .. .. .. .11842731164
1904111864146501. .29. .8304. .. .. .. .112910291507
190521436152603. .33. .7. .. .. .. .. .9466001197
190613038161649. .40. .9. .. .. .. .. .117110071593
1907. .28713130774. .3444. .2. .. .. .19487261495
1908. .19710168723. .29. .4. .. .. .. .. .11318501399
1909. .1859179373. .3346. .2172. .. .9634671232
1910. .1255138300. .2412. .196. .. .69211141209
Average for past 10 yrs.15253714356113915147527. .. .12046071280
191111527177369. .1342157. .33515112336641121

Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The total number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified
during the year under the provision of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, was 1,233. This compares unfavourably
with the two preceding years, showing an increase of 541
and 270 cases respectively.
During the past five years the total number of cases
notified and the attack rates per 1,000 of the population have
been as follows :—