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 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 Neonatorum | Acute Poliomyelitis. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections, (premises) |
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1901 | 4 | 407 | . . | 78 | 550 | 8 | 60 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1116 | . . | 925 |
1902 | 139 | 253 | 4 | 147 | 638 | . . | 73 | . . | 3 | 1119 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2450 | . . | 1076 |
1903 | 2 | 449 | 11 | 134 | 501 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 46 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1184 | 273 | 1164 |
1904 | 11 | 186 | 4 | 146 | 501 | . . | 29 | . . | 8 | 304 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1129 | 1029 | 1507 |
1905 | 2 | 143 | 6 | 152 | 603 | . . | 33 | . . | 7 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 946 | 600 | 1197 |
1906 | 1 | 303 | 8 | 161 | 649 | . . | 40 | . . | 9 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1171 | 1007 | 1593 |
1907 | . . | 287 | 13 | 130 | 774 | . . | 34 | 4 | 4 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 1948 | 726 | 1495 |
1908 | . . | 197 | 10 | 168 | 723 | . . | 29 | . . | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1131 | 850 | 1399 |
1909 | . . | 185 | 9 | 179 | 373 | . . | 33 | 4 | 6 | . . | 2 | 172 | . . | . . | 963 | 467 | 1232 |
1910 | . . | 125 | 5 | 138 | 300 | . . | 24 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | 96 | . . | . . | 692 | 1114 | 1209 |
Average for past 10 yrs. | 15 | 253 | 7 | 143 | 561 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 147 | 5 | 27 | . . | . . | 1204 | 607 | 1280 |
1911 | 1 | 152 | 7 | 177 | 369 | . . | 13 | 4 | 2 | 157 | . . | 335 | 15 | 1 | 1233 | 664 | 1121 |
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 :—