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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The following Tables present a Summary of the cases notified, analysed according to age and ward distribution and seasonal incidence:—
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS. | |||||||||||||||
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Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years | TotalCases Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | Deaths at Ages—Years | ||||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 5 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up | ||||
Smallpox | 57 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 4 | l | 57 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 249 | 2 | 72 | 137 | 21 | 16 | 1 | .. | 249 | 6 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 73 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 29 | .. | 39 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 580 | 8 | 188 | 316 | 39 | 27 | 2 | .. | 577 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 1 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 37 | 22 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
* Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 104 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 82 | 19 | 14 | 1 | .. | 10 | 22 | 16 |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 172 | 8 | 42 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1314 | 68 | 347 | 601 | 106 | 107 | 66 | 19 | 977 | 122 | 4.7 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 17 | |
*The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute." |