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Deptford 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table No. 4.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of cases notified.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all AgesAt Ages—YearsEast WardNorth WardNorth-West WardSouth WardSouth-East WardSouth-West Ward
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Small-pox..............................
Cholera. .............................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup31557918032172..486565334757296
Erysipelas322281130209371692810..
Scarlet fever723717446756181..118210175528880701
Typhus fever..............................
Enteric fever11..1343....12413..9
Relapsing fever..............................
Continued fever..............................
Puerperal fever18......612....74222117
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Poliomyelitis..............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis250..340559455384684382918110
Other forms of Tuberculosis68712261094..2115184645
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2626............1273....48
Anthrax1..... .. .1........1........
Infantile Enteritis1629666... .. .. ...1043062128..
Acute Pneumonia826191292113230927484..
Malaria23......6152..956..12..
Dysentery2......2..........2........
Enceph. Lethargica2. ...... .11..1....1. .. .2
Totals176514935674618122198144724313611092041881148