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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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 Disease | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in er.ch Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages | At Ages—Year | Hast Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-West Ward | ||||||||
Under I | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | •25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 253 | .. | 71 | 137 | 28 | 15 | l | l | 47 | 46 | 98 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 219 |
Erysipelas | 225 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 80 | 60 | 16 | 96 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 4 |
Scarlet fever | 866 | 5 | 225 | 566 | 49 | 21 | .. | .. | 186 | 286 | 178 | 59 | 61 | 96 | 761 |
Tvphus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 345 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 62 | 136 | 79 | 8 | 121 | 79 | 61 | 17 | 38 | 29 | 218 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 74 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .. | 25 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Totals | 1794 | 35 | 337 | 789 | 194 | 270 | 144 | 25 | 482 | 481 | 391 | 108 | 160 | 172 | 1233 |