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
This page requires JavaScript
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At Ages—Years | East Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-West Ward | |||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 363 | 5 | 97 | 184 | 43 | 30 | 4 | .. | 67 | 83 | 98 | 26 | 35 | 54 | 357 |
Erysipelas | 58 | .. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. |
Scarlet fever | 951 | 18 | 237 | 564 | 94 | 37 | 1 | .. | 166 | 254 | 264 | 63 | 80 | 124 | 876 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Poliomyelitis | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 225 | .. | 2 | 32 | 57 | 77 | 51 | 6 | 79 | 62 | 40 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 189 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 66 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Enteritis | 109 | 65 | 44 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. |
Acute Pneumonia | 47 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 8 | .. | 25 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. |
Malaria | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. |
Enceph. Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 1873 | 118 | 404 | 826 | 224 | 202 | 86 | 13 | 419 | 511 | 456 | 108 | 161 | 218 | 1474 |