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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Disease.1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4th quarterTotal for year
Diphtheria57242562168
Erysipelas9118331
Scarlet Fever33345255174
Enteric Fever4...127
Puerperal Fever212...5
Puerperal Pyrexia378422
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.....1...1
Poliomyelitis......415
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2...215
Infantile Diarrhœa, etc.578929
Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia51241131117
Chicken Pox1126261073
Encephalitis Lethargica...............
Dysentery.........2020
Small Pox...............
Posterior Basal Meningitis...............
Malaria...............
Totals177134148198657

Table: Scarlet Fever.

Scarlet Fever.

YearNo. of CasasAttack Rate per 1,000 populationNo. of DeathsCase Mortality per cent.
Average 1915-244814•261•2
„ 1925-294444•02•40•54
19305715•130•5
19314424•161•3
19325805•540•7
19337327•1—0•0
19345525•410•2
19352522•6—0•0
19362672•710•4
19371741•810•6

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The cases notified continue to be of the mild character experienced
in recent years.
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