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 1934.
| 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 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 310 | 22 | 48 | 39 | 44 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| Erysipelas | 55 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 552 | 21 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 36 | 44 | 99 | 41 | 55 | 35 | 25 | 52 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 1 | 1 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 137 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Pox | 107 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Posterior Basal Meningitis | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 1247 | 73 | 135 | 147 | 146 | 100 | 106 | 164 | 68 | 89 | 53 | 68 | 98 |