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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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Infectious Diseases, 1914.
| Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to cases. | Errors of diagnosis and cases occurring in hospital | Nett number of cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 258 | 253 | 29 | 224 |
| Erysipelas | 237 | 225 | - | 225 |
| Scarlet Fever | 883 | 866 | 35 | 831 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 5 | - | 5 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - |
| Glanders | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 638 | 345 | - | 345 |
| Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 95 | 74 | - | 74 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 16 | - | 16 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 2145 | 1794 | 65 | 1729 |
| Previous year | 2064 | 1738 | 65 | 1673 |
The following table shows the number of patients notified during each of the last ten years:— INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD FROM 1904 TO 1914.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Tuberculosis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Acute Poliomyelitis. | Glanders. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections. (premises) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 11 | 180 | 4 | 146 | 501 | .. | 29 | 8 | 304 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1129 | 1029 | 1507 | ||
| 1905 | 2 | 143 | 6 | 152 | 603 | .. | 33 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 946 | 600 | 1197 | |
| 1906 | 1 | 303 | 8 | 161 | 649 | .. | 40 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1171 | 1007 | 1593 | |
| 1907 | .. | 287 | 13 | 130 | 774 | .. | 34 | 4 | 4 | .. | ..2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1248 | 726 | 1495 |
| 1908 | .. | 197 | 10 | 168 | 728 | .. | 29 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1131 | 850 | 1399 | |
| 1909 | .. | 185 | 9 | 179 | 373 | .. | 33 | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | 172 | .. | .. | .. | 963 | 467 | 1232 |
| 1910 | .. | 125 | 5 | 138 | 300 | .. | 24 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 96 | .. | .. | .. | 692 | 1114 | 1209 |
| 1911 | 1 | 152 | 7 | 177 | 369 | .. | 13 | 4 | 2 | 157 | .. | 335 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1233 | 664 | 1121 |
| 1912 | .. | 172 | .. | 188 | 406 | .. | 9 | 1 | 8 | .. | 4 | 436 | 26 | 4 | .. | 1254 | 221 | 940 |
| 1913 | .. | 247 | .. | 230 | 639 | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 584 | 19 | .. | 1 | 1738 | 497 | 1192 |
| Average for past 10 yrs. | 1 | 200 | 6 | 167 | 534 | .. | 26 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 162 | 6 | .. | .. | 1150 | 717 | 1288 |
| 1914 | .. | 253 | .. | 225 | 866 | .. | 9 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 419 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1794 | 480 | 1385 |