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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Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
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Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | At Ages—Years | East Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-West Ward | |||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Membranous Croup | 610 | 7 | 170 | 350 | 52 | 30 | l | .. | 106 | 113 | 206 | 24 | 57 | 104 | 606 |
Erysipelas | 65 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 16 | .. | 31 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
Scarlet fever | 310 | 6 | 106 | 159 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .. | 65 | 79 | 80 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 303 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Poliomyelitis | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 207 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 87 | 44 | .. | 47 | 33 | 50 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 263 |
Other Tuberculosis | 71 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .. | 30 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 41 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 48 | 23 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
Acute Pneumonia | 153 | 7 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 26 | .. | 41 | 16 | 51 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
Malaria | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | |
Enceph. Lethargica | 9 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Measles | 1207 | 56 | 585 | 556 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 428 | 330 | 105 | 106 | 174 | 64 | 109 |
Totals | 2733 | 124 | 975 | 1133 | 181 | 213 | 93 | 14 | 786 | 602 | 548 | 190 | 333 | 274 | 1404 |