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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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 :—
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS, NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1933.
INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.
| Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years | Total Cases 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 236 | 3 | 72 | 121 | 22 | 13 | 5 | .. | 235 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 90 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 732 | 6 | 217 | 419 | 59 | 27 | 4 | .. | 720 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus Fever | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | .. | .. | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Knceplialitis Lethargica | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 23 | 15 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| * Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 157 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 44 | 21 | 63 | 84 | 9 | 11 | .. | .. | 4 | 27 | 30 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Fox | 156 | 12 | 42 | 90 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Posterior Basal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | • • | .. | .. | •• | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 1432 | 51 | 351 | 647 | 125 | 139 | 85 | 34 | 1100 | 118 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 30 | |
| * The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as '' Acute." | |||||||||||||||||