Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Cases of Infections Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 31st March, 1928.
Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospitalfrom each locality. | ||||||||||||||||
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At allAges. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.(A) | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (H) | 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Diphtheria | 139 | 4 | 41 | 78 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | 65 | 82 | 18 | 24 | ... | 65 | 32 | 18 | 24 | ... | 139 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Erysipelas | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 105 | 1 | 22 | 66 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | 43 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 102 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | I | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
Measles | 611 | 19 | 250 | 325 | 12 | 5 | ... | ... | 272 | 176 | 83 | 74 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 61 |
Whooping Cough | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 10 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 42 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 12 | |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 8 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 41 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | ... | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 14 |
Totals | 1032 | 41 | 355 | 504 | 56 | 43 | 26 | 7 | 453 | 265 | 133 | 171 | 10 | 146 | 83 | 51 | 65 | 4 | 349 |
(h) Cases of Infectious Drease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.