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 1935. INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY AGE GROUPS.
Notifiable Disease | At all Ages | Total Cases Notified. At Ages—Years | TotalCases Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | Deaths at Ages—Years | ||||||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 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 | 301 | 3 | 78 | 168 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 299 | 10 | .. | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 56 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 11 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 262 | 4 | 93 | 124 | 25 | 16 | .. | .. | 251 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 12 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 77 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 123 | 2 | 37 | 66 | 16 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 859 | 37 | 232 | 367 | 95 | 57 | 52 | 19 | 623 | 95 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 |
*The deaths from Pneumonia include all forms of that disease, including many cases not notifiable as "Acute." |