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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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1930.
| Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
| Smallpox | 37 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | l | 4 | 3 | l |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 264 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | 59 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .. | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 442 | 31 | 54 | 42 | 18 | 31 | 39 | 92 | 19 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 36 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 26 | .. | 2 | 18 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 101 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Pox | 152 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| Totals | 1128 | 95 | 113 | 152 | 68 | 81 | 96 | 170 | 69 | 81 | 51 | 67 | 85 |