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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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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospitalfrom 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. | Total. | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | ! 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 134 | 1 | 21 | 88 | 15 | 8 | 1 | ... | 51 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 49 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 132 |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 136 | ... | 40 | 80 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ... | 60 | 25 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 59 | 25 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 135 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| ,, Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 25 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 74 | 14 | 35 | 24 | l | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 13 | 5 | 13 | ... | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ... | 21 |
| Diarrhoea | 34 | 14 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 46 | ... | 2 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 5 | ... | 21 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 17 | ... | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 6 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 42 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ... | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | ... | 10 |
| Totals | 539 | 37 | 147 | 232 | 53 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 234 | 122 | 51 | 120 | 12 | 128 | 77 | 29 | 79 | 11 | 324 |