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Deptford 1932

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

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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.

Notifiable Infectious Disease.

The following Tables present a Summary of the cases notified, analysed according to age and ward distribution and seasonal incidence:—

Notifiable DiseaseAt all AgesINCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.
Total Cases Notified. At Ages—YearsTotalCases Removed to HospitalTotal DeathsDeaths at Ages—Years
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 255 to 4545 to 6565 and upUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and up
Smallpox5736251534l5711............
Cholera..................................
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup24927213721161..2496..24........
Erysipelas7316361929..391........1....
Scarlet Fever580818831639272..5774..3....l....
Typhus Fever..................................
Enteric Fever2....1........21..............
Relapsing Fever..................................
Continued Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever2........2....2................
Puerperal Pyrexia17......791..14................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis541..........544............
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3..3..........2................
Encephalitis Lethargica1........1......................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111............3................
Anthrax..................................
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years)372215............2323............
* Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia10491481128268218219141..102216
Malaria1........1....1......1........
Bacilliary Dysentery..................................
Chicken Pox172842111713..5................
Totals13146834760110610766199771224.7195122217
*The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute."