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Greenwich 1910
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 1st October, 1910.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 61 | ... | 12 | 45 | 3 | 1 | ... | 43 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Erysipelas | 16 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ... | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 33 | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Totals | 146 | 3 | 18 | 72 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 80 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
* Cases of infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.