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Deptford 1914

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. 2.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

CASE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in er.ch Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearHast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under I1 to 55 to 1515 to 25•25 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox............................. .
Cholera...............................
Diphtheria including Membranous croup253..711372815ll474698142622219
Erysipelas2254918388060169642311328154
Scarlet fever86652255664921....186286178596196761
Tvphus fever..............................
Enteric fever9....151....141..128
Relapsing fever................... ........ ...
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever5........5......13....14
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1..............................
Poliomyelitis1..1..............1,.....1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis34541244621367981217961173829218
Other forms of Tuberculosis746192312122..25171646615
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1616............6621..13
Totals179435337789194270144254824813911081601721233