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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.
| Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 468 | 29 | 54 | 59 | 34 | 39 | 49 | 66 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 32 | 59 |
| Erysipelas | 76 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 454 | 33 | 58 | 45 | 30 | 34 | 54 | 56 | 27 | 42 | 22 | 23 | 30 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 166 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 7 | l9 | 9 |
| Other Tuberculosis | 47 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 113 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 153 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 7 | .. | 8 | 8 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Measles | 2317 | 146 | 234 | 340 | 236 | 258 | 203 | 262 | 75 | 110 | 67 | 162 | 224 |
| Totals | 3854 | 233 | 399 | 582 | 379 | 380 | 353 | 463 | 143 | 197 | 119 | 258 | 348 |