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 YEAR 1933.
Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | |||||||||||
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Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | Town Hall | ||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 236 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
Erysipelas | 90 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 732 | 51 | 83 | 121 | 92 | 60 | 50 | 48 | 37 | 38 | 20 | 62 | 70 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 23 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 157 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 156 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 34 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1432 | 86 | 176 | 218 | 157 | 128 | 108 | 148 | 62 | 79 | 43 | 103 | 124 |