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 1938.
| Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canter bury | Hatcbam | Pepys | St. Cath-erine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | |||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 177 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |
| Erysipelas | 46 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. | 5 | 5 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 240 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 18 | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 12 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years | 31 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 96 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | 13 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken Pox | 80 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Posterior Basal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | From 1-10-38 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 55 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | ||
| Totals | 812 | 78 | 135 | 79 | 73 | 58 | 111 | 63 | 29 | 53 | 36 | 47 | 50 | |