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Deptford 1916
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Mortality from the Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The following diseases are included under this heading : —Small
Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fevers
(that is to say, Typhus, Enteric and Continued), Diarrhoeal Diseases,
and Plague.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATE.
Altogether 114 deaths were registered during 1916 and the death
rate from all these diseases, calculated on the estimated population,
was 103 per 1000 of the population, compared with an average
of 1.8 forthe past ten years. In 1915 the death rate was 2.07;
in 1914, 1.69; and in 1913, 1.87.
In the following table will be seen the number of deaths from these diseases and the epidemic death rate in each Ward :—
| Deaths. | Epidemic Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| East Ward | 55 | 2˙58 |
| NorthWard | 27 | 1˙12 |
| North-West Ward | 15 | 0˙63 |
| South ward | 5 | 0˙41 |
| South-East Ward | 7 | 1˙56 |
| South-West Ward | 5 | 0˙30 |
| 114 | ro3 |
Infectious Diseases, 1916.
| Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to patients. | Errors of diagnosis. | Nett number of cases. | Cases . Contracted in hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 271 | 268 | 14 | 254 | 24 |
| Erysipelas | 113 | 104 | – | 104 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 314 | 311 | 11 | 300 | 13 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | – |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 661 | 276 | – | 276 | – |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 167 | 127 | – | 127 | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 37 | 28 | – | 28 | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Measles | 1137 | 1137 | – | 1137 | – |
| German Measles | 302 | 302 | – | 302 | – |
| Total | 3021 | 2572 | 29 | 2543 | 38 |
| Previous year | 2000 | 1460 | 50 | 1410 | – |