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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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.
Scarlet Fever.
WARDS. | QUARTERS. | YEAR. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March. | June. | Sept. | Dec. | |||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||
East | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 59 | 59 | 118 | |||
North | 20 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 95 | 101 | 196 | |||
North-West | 10 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 79 | 113 | 192 | |||
South | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 24 | ||||
South-East | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 43 | |||
South-West | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 30 | 66 | |||
Total | 45 | 48 | 52 | 78 | 97 | 94 | 111 | 114 | 305 | 334 | 639 | |||
AGES OF PATIENTS NOTIFIED. | ||||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-26 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & upwards. | All Ages. | |||||||
3 | 170 | 401 | 45 | 20 | .. | .. | 639 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
1913. | Average for previous 10 years | |
---|---|---|
Number of Cases | 247 | 220 |
Number of Deaths | 20 | 18 |
Death rate per 1,000 in Deptford | 0.18 | 0.15 |
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 Registrar-General, and therefore allows
of comparison. The total number of notifications received was 247,
relating to 247 cases. Of the number notified, 25 were errors of
diagnosis and hospital cases, reducing the number of cases to 222
compared with 165, 152, and 119 for the previous three years.