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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1926

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1926

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ended 2nd October, 1926.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ended 2nd October, 1926.

Notifiable Diseases.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Greenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas. Deptford.Charlton.Kidbrooke.Greenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas, Deptford.Charlton.Kidbrooke.Total.
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Polio Myelitis.........................................................
Small-Pox.........................................................
Chicken-Pox.........................................................
Cholera.........................................................
Diphtheria79...2146561...291942342919423479
Encephalitis Lethargica.........................................................
Erysipelas9...111213342......12.........3
Scarlet Fever601153662......221551622215514258
Typhus Fever.........................................................
Enteric Fever2............11...11.........11.........2
Continued Fever.........................................................
Puerperal Fever2............2.........11.........11......2
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.........................................................
Malaria.........................................................
Dysentery.........................................................
Measles3561811............18647.....................
Whooping Cough223172............1461...111.........2
Diarrhœa722547...............3891312...2...2......4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55..................11...3...1............1
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary37......1209...1181216...4............4
,, Non-Pulmonary10...3...3.........5311...2...1......3
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal81311...2...31...4...11...3...5
Totals3414112510236221141527832727644013406163