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, Metropolitan Borough of]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.
Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages | At Ages—Years | East Ward | North Ward | North-West Ward | South Ward | South-East Ward | South-West Ward | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
Chicken Pox | 189 | 4 | 78 | 104 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 55 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 19 | |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 244 | 4 | 93 | 118 | 25 | 4 | .. | .. | 37 | 67 | 83 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 233 |
Erysipelas | 69 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
Scarlet fever | 197 | 4 | 55 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 51 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 186 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 14 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Measles | 550 | 27 | 393 | 122 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 73 | 145 | 108 | 73 | 39 | 112 | .. |
German Measles | 157 | 1 | 84 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .. | 42 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 26 | .. |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 204 | 10 | 26 | 47 | 89 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 48 | 33 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 79 | |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 110 | 2 | 21 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1756 | 59 | 740 | 614 | 145 | 127 | 62 | 11 | 363 | 451 | 365 | 164 | 166 | 249 | 523 |