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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1926
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The following Table gives the incidence of the infectious diseases
over the last five years:—
Table XV. List of Infectious Diseases for the Past Five Years.
| Disease. | Notified in | Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
| Smallpox | 0 | *1 | 0 | *1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 951 | 547 | 349 | 291 | 310 | 876 | 530 | 331 | 278 | 303 | 13 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Diphtheria | 363 | 459 | 417 | 374 | 610 | 357 | 452 | 409 | 371 | 606 | 13 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 23 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid | 9 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 125 | 74 | 144 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 119 | 201 | 91 | 150 | 114 |
| Erysipelas | 58 | 75 | 57 | 79 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 0 | *1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaria | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measlest | 0 | 28 | 204 | 1282 | 1207 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 92 | 109 | 1 | 59 | 8 | 34 | 31 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | l | 0 | 6 | 5 |
*Was not a true case. †Measles became notifiable in September, 1922.