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 1936.
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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... . |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | •208 | 21 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 17 |
Erysipelas | 41 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | 267 | 15 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 1-2 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... . | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | . ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | . . | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | |||
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | , . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 58 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 83 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
Malaria | •2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bacilliary Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | 71 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |
Posterior Basal Meningitis | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 762 | 70 | 81 | 97 | 77 | 65 | 84 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 30 | 61 | 61 |
Scarlet Fever.
Year
No. of
Cases
Attack Rate
per 1,000
population
No. of
Deaths
Case
Mortality
per cent
Average 1915.24
481
4.2
6
1 .2
1925.29
444
4.0
2.4
0.54
1930
571
5.1
3
0.5
1931
442
4.1
6
1.3
1932
580
5.5
4
0.7
1933
732
7.1
—
0.0
1934
552
5.4
1
0.2
1935'
252
2.6
—
0.0
1936
267
2.7
1
0.0
The cases notified continue to be of the mild character experienced
in recent years.
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