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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1913
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Infectious Diseases, 1913.
| Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to cases. | Errors of diagnosis and cases occurring in hospital | Nett number of cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 247 | 247 | 25 | 222 |
| Erysipelas | 243 | 230 | — | 230 |
| Scarlet Fever | 648 | 639 | 35 | 604 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 716 | 442 | — | 442 |
| Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 170 | 142 | — | 142 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 19 | — | 19 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 2064 | 1738 | 65 | 1673 |
| Previous year | 1714 | 1254 | 25 | 1229 |
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 1903 TO 1913.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Tuberculosis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Acute Poliomyelitis. | |Glanders. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections. (premises) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 2 | 449 | 11 | 134 | 501 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1184 | 273 | 1164 | |
| 1904 | 11 | 186 | 4 | 146 | 501 | .. | 29 | .. | 8 | 304 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1129 | 1029 | 1507 |
| 1905 | 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 | .. | .. | .. | 9b3 | 467 | 1232 |
| 1910 | .. | 125 | 5 | 138 | 300 | .. | 24 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 96 | .. | .. | .. | 692 | 1114 | 1209 |
| 1911 | 1 | 159 | 7 | 177 | 369 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 157 | .. | 335 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1233 | 664 | 1121 | |
| 1912 | .. | 172 | 188 | 406 | .. | 9 | 1 | 8 | .. | 4 | 436 | 26 | 4 | .. | 1254 | 221 | 940 | |
| Average for past 10 yrs. | 2 | 220 | 7 | 157 | 520 | .. | 27 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 104 | 4 | .. | .. | 1095 | 695 | 1286 |
| 1913 | .. | 247 | .. | 230 | 639 | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 584 | 19 | .. | 1 | 1738 | 497 | 1192 |