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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Disease1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4 th quarterTotal for year
Diphtheria59364271208
Erysipelas91091341
Scarlet Fever52656684267
Enteric Fever235
Puerperal Fever ...1......12
Puerperal Pyrexia...222410
Cerebro.spinal Meningitis21......3
Poliomyelitis.........
Ophthalmia Neonatorum411511
Infantile Diarrhoea, etc.11154158
Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia421851883
Chicken Pox45931471
Encephalitis Lethargica...............
Dysentery.........11
Small Pox...............
Posterior Basal Meningitis ..................
Malaria1...1...2
Totals218155147252762

Table: Scarlet Fever.

Scarlet Fever.

YearNo. of CasesAttack Rate per 1,000 populationNo. of DeathsCase Mortality per cent
Average 1915.244814.261 .2
1925.294444.02.40.54
19305715.130.5
19314424.161.3
19325805.540.7
19337327.1—0.0
19345525.410.2
1935'2522.6—0.0
19362672.710.0