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 1935.
Notifiable Disease | Total Cases in Borough | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Town Hall | ||||||||||
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Deptford Park | Evelyn | St. Paul's | Vale | Clifton | Canterbury | Hatcham | Pepys | St. Catherine's | St. Peter's | St. John's | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 301 | 23 | 28 | 62 | 33 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 25 | .. | 16 | 25 |
Erysipelas | 56 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 262 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 23 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 12 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 77 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | 123 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 859 | 61 | 73 | 101 | 91 | 71 | 85 | 91 | 38 | 84 | 50 | 42 | 72 |