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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Notifiable Disease | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to IS | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 412 | 7 | 214 | 47 | 1 | .. | 411 | ||
Erysipelas | 71 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 9 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 400 | 3 | 233 | 39 | .. | 390 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 10 | .. | 3 | 2 | .3 | .. | 9 | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | o | ||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | . ,.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 172 | .. | 3 | 45 | 69 | 41 | 4 | ||
Other Tuberculosis | 54 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 38 | |||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 197 | 37 | 37 | 49 | |||||
Malaria | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
Measles | 46 | 27 | 9 | •• | .. | •• | 7 | ||
Totals | 1456 | 341 | 533 | 191 | 197 | 98 | 30 | 1244 |