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 1925
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Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number 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 | j 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
Polio Myelitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 434 | 6 | 115 | 255 | 44 | 13 | 1 | .. | 173 | 127 | 16 | 113 | 5 | 172 | 125 | 16 | 113 | 3 | 429 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 11 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Erysipelas | 51 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 304 | .. | 107 | 170 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .. | 189 | 61 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 181 | 59 | 19 | 31 | .. | 292 |
Typhus Fever | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 9 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | •• | .. | 1 | |
Measles | 1,610 | 53 | 656 | 779 | 98 | 24 | .. | .. | 717 | 396 | 188 | 270 | 39 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 108 |
Whooping Cough | 655 | 94 | 350 | 206 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 300 | 195 | 36 | 117 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .. | 23 |
Diarrhœa | 89 | 43 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 | 18 | 3 | 7 | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 12 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 197 | .. | 3 | 24 | 43 | 85 | 38 | 4 | 72 | 54 | 28 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 19 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 68 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .. | 28 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 14 |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 97 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .. | 21 |
Totals | 3,555 | 220 | 1,318 | 1,490 | 244 | 193 | 71 | 19 | 1,607 | 910 | 321 | 653 | 64 | 432 | 255 | 68 | 177 | 28 | 960 |