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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Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
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At all Ages | At Ages—Years | East Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-West Ward | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to IS | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 247 | 1 | 91 | 125 | 16 | 12 | 2 | .. | 52 | 58 | 65 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 226 |
Erysipelas | 230 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 76 | 70 | 15 | 102 | 55 | 31 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 |
Scarlet fever | 639 | 3 | 170 | 401 | 45 | 20 | .. | .. | 118 | 196 | 192 | 24 | 43 | 66 | 593 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 442 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 74 | 191 | 89 | 10 | 149 | 105 | 79 | 21 | 52 | 36 | 165 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 142 | 6 | 21 | 56 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Glanders | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Totals | 1738 | 38 | 311 | 659 | 204 | 331 | 169 | 26 | 464 | 455 | 406 | 84 | 171 | 158 | 1029 |
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