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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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Notifiable Infectious Disease. The following Tables present a Summary of the cases notified, analysed according to age and ward distribution and seasonal incidence:— CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938. INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | Deaths at Ages—Years | |||||||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 65 and up | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up | |||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 177 | 7 | 69 | 83 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | 177 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 46 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 240 | .. | 87 | 121 | 13 | 17 | 1 | .. | 235 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 2 | .. | .. | *1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 16 | .. | .. | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 12 | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 31 | 20 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 96 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 57 | 75 | 17 | 4 | l | .. | 6 | 20 | 27 | |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bacilliary Dysentery | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Chicken Fox | 80 | 3 | 35 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Posterior Basal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles Whooping-cough | since | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 120 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
1-10-38 | 55 | 8 | 39 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 812 | 64 | 269 | 279 | 49 | 90 | 43 | 18 | 721 | 89 | 24 | 9 | l | 1 | 6 | 20 | 28 | |
• Diagnosis established in hospital as Dysentry and notified as such. |