Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | |||||||||||
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Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canter bury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | . St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 168 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
Erysipelas | 31 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 174 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 12 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 29 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 117 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | 20 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 73 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. |
Totals | 657 | 52 | 95 | 51 | 52 | 34 | 58 | 71 | 31 | 67 | 48 | 39 | 59 |