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Deptford 1916

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 1916.

Notilable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to tjospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsEast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox..............................
Cholera..............................
Diphtheria including Membranous croup Erysipelas25417113432142..495980132033249
1041791531329401414117185
Scarlet fever30018917124141..5462117241132283
Typhus fever........1....................
Enteric fever5..1112........2..3..5
Measles1137855394634010....3043581837411310521
German Measles302125216047292..354160583276..
Relapsing fever............................
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever4........4......3....1..2
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis5311........112..1..5
Poliomyelitis1....1..........1........1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis276375045111528906543182139162
Other forms of Tuberculosisl2772762111361572123871116
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2828............1066321..
Anthrax..............................
Totals254314179410522152289518640631530209 218315749