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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1932

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

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Table: SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Disease.1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4 th quarterTotal for year
Smallpox292857
Diphtheria43687365249
Erysipelas1620152273
Scarlet Fever147153113167580
Enteric Fever11......2
Puerperal Fever...1...12
Puerperal Pyrexia354517
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis12115
Poliomyelitis.........33
Ophthalmia Neonatorum334111
Infantile Diarrhoea, etc.17141537
Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia5220626104
Encephalitis Lethargica11
Chicken Pox66622519172
Malaria1.........1
Totals3633712553251314

Table: Scarlet Fever*.

Scarlet Fever*.

YearNo. of CasesAttack Rate per 1,000 populationNo. of DeathsCase Mortality per cent.
Average 1915-244814.261.2
1925-294444.02.40.54
19305715.130.5
19314424.161.3
19325805.540.7

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Scarlet Fever, during 1932, showed some increase.
The great majority of cases, however, were of the mild type seen
of recent years. In such, the rash is frequently of so mild a character
that it is not until desquamation occurs that a definite diagnosis is made.