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Deptford 1937

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

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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1937.

Notifiable DiseaseTotal Cases in BoroughTotal Cases Notified in each Ward
Deptford ParkEvelynSt. Paul'sValeCliftonCanter buryHatchamPepysSt. Catherine's. St. Peter'sSt. John'sTown Hall
Smallpox..........................
Cholera..........................
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup168122015171010227951823
Erysipelas311362..3722212
Scarlet Fever174164010141362081615412
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever7..3..1........11..1
Relapsing Fever..........................
Continued Fever..........................
Puerperal Fever5....2221..21334
Puerperal Pyrexia22..1......1..1..2....
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1....1..................
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis5....1..........21..1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum5....1111........1..
Anthrax..........................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)29147222213113
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia11712218941512946107
Malaria..........................
Bacilliary Dysentery2052..1..11....1......
Encephalitis Lethargica..........................
Chicken Pox7351..32861281216
Posterior Basal Meningitis..........••..........••..
Totals657529551523458713167483959