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 1927
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Disease. | Total Cases Notified.* | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths.* |
---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 448 | 446 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 486 | 481 | 2 |
Enteric (including paratyphoid) | 8 | 5 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 9 | — |
Pneumonia | 145 | 68 | 12 |
Erysipelas | 64 | 22 | - |
Acute Polio Myelitis | 2 | — | 1 |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | - |
Membranous Croup | 1 | - | |
Malaria | 8 | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 10 | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | — |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — |
Notifiable Locally. | |||
Measles | 234 | 10 | — |
Whooping Cough | 401 | 31 | 16 |
Diarrhœa | 72 | 1 | 8 |
* For particulars as to Age Groups see Tables at end of Report.