London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Deptford 1913

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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The following table gives the situation in the borough of each case and the general condition of the dwellings :— ENTERIC FEVER, 1913.

Address.Ward.Age.SexW.C. accommodation.Yard Paving.Sanitary Defects and Remarks.
Sprules RoadS.38M.2DefectiveNuisance abated,
Lewisham High RoadS.20F.6GoodNo nuisance.
Childeric RoadN.W.5M.
Childeric RoadN.W.5 mths.M.2 externalNo nuisance—drain re-cently reconstructed, &c.
Childeric RoadN.W.3M.x occ.
Hyde StreetE.36F.1 „No nuisance at time of in-spection—drain tested.
St. Donatt's Rd.S.16M.1No nuisance.
Blockhouse St. ..N.W.21F.1Kitchen and scullerydirty —same cleansed.
Florence St., E.S.E.23M.1No nuisance.
Sandbourne Rd.S.29F.1"Soil pipe inside house and unventilated.S.P. direct to drain.
Musgrove Rd.S.W.29M.2Defective ventilating pipe to drain—same repaired
Gosterwood StN.19M.1"Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective (drain tested—no result).
Crooke Rd.N.12M.1Drain tested, found de-fective—drain amended
Childers StreetN.18M.1"W.C. walls defective (drain tested—no result)
Pepys RoadS.W.25F.2No result on testing drain

The following table gives the age distribution during the past year:— Enteric.

WARD.QUARTERS.YEAR.
March.June.Sept.Dec.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.FM.F.Total.
East......1..........l1
North....1......2..33
North-West..221....1..386
South111....1....224
South East........1......1..1
South-West........1....1112
Total1342213110717
AGES OK PATIENTS NOTIFIED.
Under l1-55-1515-2525-4545-6565 & upwards.All Ages.
l1276....17