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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Table No. 2. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 201 | 3 | 55 | 109 | 21 | 9 | 3 | l | 32 | 43 | 54 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 184 |
Erysipelas | 146 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 51 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
Scarlet fever | 440 | 3 | 111 | 273 | 38 | 13 | 2 | .. | 119 | 104 | 91 | 37 | 39 | 50 | 402 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 37 | .. | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | .. | 3 | 24 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 33 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 15 |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 299 | .. | 8 | 45 | 57 | 127 | 57 | 5 | 98 | 70 | 47 | 19 | 33 | 32 | 205 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 106 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
Chicken-pox | 196 | 12 | 68 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 44 | 75 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 33 | .. |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Totals | 1460 | 49 | 283 | 609 | 163 | 211 | 122 | 23 | 401 | 367 | 272 | 101 | 152 | 167 | 889 |