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Deptford 1936

[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 DiseaseTotal Cases in BoroughTotal Cases Notified in each Ward
Deptford ParkEvelynSt. Paul'sValeCliftonCanterburyHatchamPepysSt. Catherine'sSt. Peter'sSt. John'sTown Hall
Smallpox........................... .
Cholera........... .................
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup•2082119341720251211842017
Erysipelas4197352512232
Scarlet Fever26715311730163423211-2212324
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever52........1....1....1
Relapsing Fever........... ...................
Continued Fever......... ............ .......
Puerperal Fever2. ................1......1
Puerperal Pyrexia10..3...........23..1
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3. .1..1....1... .
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis ....... ......., ...........
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11121..11......22
Anthrax......................,...
Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)58293241....11152
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia8354 441312137..4259
Malaria•2....1........1........
Bacilliary Dysentery1................1....
Encephalitis Lethargica. .. .......................
Chicken Pox712431810812923
Posterior Basal Meningitis• •.........................
Totals762708197776584494542306161

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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