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homes, requiring exclusion of these children from school until
the house was cleansed and disinfected to the satisfaction of
the Medical Officer of Health after recovery or removal of
the patient. Where cases were removed to hospital the usual
routine followed was fumigation, the removal of infected bedding
and clothing to the borough steam disinfector, and,
where necessary, the stripping and limewashing of the infected
house or parts thereof on the certificate of the Medical Officer
of Health.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
1911.
Average for
previous 10 years.
Number of Cases
159
260
Number of Deaths
15
21
Death rate per 1,000 in Deptford
0.14
0.18
These two diseases are grouped together, as they are
symptomatic of each other, and the terms are regarded as
synonymous. This method is also adopted by the RegistrarGeneral,
and therefore allows of comparison. The total number
of notifications received were 164 relating to 159, seven of
which were notified as membranous croup. Of the number
notified 7 were errors of diagnosis and hospital cases, reducing
the number of cases again to 152 compared with 119, 180, and
179 for the previous three years.
Fifteen deaths were registered during the year as compared
with 12, 16, and 10 for the three previous years.
The rate of mortality was 0.14 per 1,000, and for the three
previous years 0.10, 0.13, and 0.08 respectively.
The death rate for England and Wales was 0.13, for the
77 great towns 0.15, for the 136 smaller towns 0.12, and for
the County of London 0.14.