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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 1914
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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DEATHS FROM 7 PRINCIPAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Year | Enteric Fever | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Diarrhcea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | No. of Deaths | Rate | |
| 1904 | 3 | 0.02 | _ | __ | 73 | 0.64 | 11 | 0.09 | 49 | 0.43 | 16 | 0.14 | 112 | 0.98 | 264 | 2.30 |
| 1905 | 6 | 0.05 | — | – | 16 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 18 | 0.15 | 9 | 0.07 | 84 | 0.73 | 142 | 1.20 | |
| 1906 | 6 | 0.05 | — | – | 71 | 0.61 | 16 | 0.13 | 61 | 0.52 | 18 | 0.15 | 146 | 1.26 | 318 | 2.72 |
| 1907 | 5 | 0.04 | — | – | 55 | 0.47 | 13 | 0.11 | 35 | 0.30 | 26 | 0.22 | 20 | 0.18 | 154 | 1.32 |
| 1908 | 6 | 0.05 | — | – | 33 | 0.28 | 6 | 0.05 | 25 | 0.21 | 10 | 0.08 | 82 | 0.70 | 162 | 1.37 |
| 1909 | 6 | 0.05 | — | – | 66 | 0.55 | 13 | 0.ll | 47 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.13 | 46 | 0.39 | 194 | 1.63 |
| 1910 | 4 | 0.03 | — | — | 60 | 0.50 | 3 | 0.03 | 44 | 0.37 | 12 | 0.10 | 82 | 0.68 | 205 | 1.71 |
| 1911 | 2 | 0.02 | — | – | 67 | 0.61 | 7 | 0.06 | 35 | 0.32 | 15 | 0.14 | 172 | 1.57 | 298 | 2.72 |
| 1912 | 0.02 | — | – | 28 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.05 | 24 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 28 | 0.26 | 99 | 0.91 | ||
| 1913 | 0.02 | — | – | 50 | 0.45 | 3 | 0.03 | 43 | 0.39 | 20 | 0.18 | 90 | 0.81 | 208 | 1.87 | |
| Average for 10 years. | 4 | 0.03 | — | – | 52 | 0.45 | 9 | 0.07 | 38 | 0.33 | 15 | 0.13 | 86 | 0.76 | 204 | 1.77 |
| 1914 | 3 | 0.03 | — | – | 50 | 0.46 | 9 | 0.08 | 9 | 0.08 | 25 | 0.23 | 88 | 0.81 | 184 | 1.69 |
* The deaths under this heading for the years 1902 to 1910 refer only to those certified to be due to epidemic or summer
diarrhœa, or epidemic, zymotic or infective enteritis.
From 1911 onwards, deaths from Gastro enteritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh, Muco-enteritis, Colitis, &c., are also included.