Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1911
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 52 weeks ending 30th December, 1911.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Total. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 313 | 2 | 71 | 200 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 56 | 14 | 46 | 14 | 163 | 54 | 13 | 42 | 13 | 285 |
Erysipelas | 122 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 7 | ... | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | |
Scarlet Fever | 304 | 3 | 67 | 183 | 37 | 14 | ... | ... | 111 | 113 | 16 | 42 | 22 | 97 | 105 | 14 | 40 | 20 | 276 |
Polio Myletis | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro Acute Polio Myletis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 10 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Chicken Pox | 246 | 7 | 91 | 139 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 53 | 164 | 15 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 |
Phthisis | 93 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 22 | 6 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 |
„ Under Tuberculosis | 79 | ... | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
Regulations, 1908 „ Under Tuberculosis | 112 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 48 | 20 | 59 | 32 | 8 | 13 | ... | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ... | 32 | |
Regulations, 1911 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 1308 | 38 | 258 | 591 | 119 | 180 | 94 | 28 | 528 | 454 | 153 | 133 | 40 | 309 | 190 | 53 | 91 | 34 | 677 |
* Cases of infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.