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Deptford 1938

[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 DiseaseTotal Cases in BoroughTotal Cases Notified in each Ward
Deptford ParkEvelynSt. Paul'sValeCliftonCanter buryHatcbamPepysSt. Cath-erine'sSt. Peter'sSt. John'sTown Hall
Smallpox..........................
Cholera..........................
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup17715308159301788121213
Erysipelas46345454443..55
Scarlet Fever24024361624164116121691218
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever2......1..............1
Relapsing Fever..........................
Continued Fever..........................
Puerperal Fever2............1........1
Puerperal Pyrexia252241213..2422
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3..11..........1......
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis1212..331....11....
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1512..11..221131
Anthrax..........................
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years3113112312..7..1..
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia966218105127361107
Malaria1................1......
Bacilliary Dysentery137....1..2......11..
Encephalitis Lethargica..........................
Chicken Pox8013129912134..3311
Posterior Basal Meningitis..........................
MeaslesFrom 1-10-3815281....13..........
Whooping Cough55314162254..44..1
Totals81278135797358111632953364750