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Deptford 1926

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.

Notifiable DiseaseAt all Ages.At Ages—YearsTotal Cases Removed to Hospital.
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 8565 and upwards
Smallpox..................
Cholera..................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup5828177318482461579
Erysipelas57215111617515
Scarlet Fever39941122412418....385
Typhus Fever................
Enteric Fever2......1..1..2
Relapsing Fever..............
Continued Fever..............
Puerperal Fever10......55....9
Puerperal Pyrexia5......41....4
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis8111........3
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3....3........2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis166..1194450475229
Other Tuberculosis474720842243
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1414............3
Anthrax..................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)1256461..........8
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia185851342040221052
Malaria8........62....
Dysentery3..1..1..1..3
Encephalitis Lethargica .8..11222..5
Measles96150496400123....52
Totals25781559091042180169100231394

Notifiable as from 1st October, 1926 I