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 \EAR 1932.
| 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 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 249 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 25 | 37 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 73 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 580 | 31 | 78 | 85 | 48 | 103 | 53 | 49 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 46 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 37 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 104 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Pox | 172 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 22 |
| Totals | 1314 | 72 | 160 | 217 | 120 | 175 | 114 | 106 | 56 | 74 | 40 | 83 | 97 |