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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 1902 TO 1912.
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)
1902
139
253
4
147
638
..
73
..
3
1119
..
..
..
..
2456
..
1076
1906
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
..
..
..
1248
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
1911
1
152
7
177
369
..
13
4
2
157
..
335
15
1
1233
664
1121
Average
for past
10 yrs.
16
228
8
153
543
..
34
1
5
163
..
60
1
..
1215
673
1300
1912
..
172
..
188
406
..
9
1
8
..
4
436
26
4
1254
221
940
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 1,254. This shows an increase of 21
on the preceding year.
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 :—