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 Infectious Diseases notified during the 52 weeks ended 29th Dec., 1928.
Notified Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospitalfrom Each Localiv. | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. j | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (h) | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Polio Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 464 | 18 | 136 | 244 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 212 | 89 | 52 | 102 | 9 | 211 | 88 | 51 | 102 | 7 | 459 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | |||||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 73 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Scarlet Fever | 376 | 2 | 71 | 243 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 171 | 86 | 41 | 66 | 12 | 167 | 86 | 41 | 65 | 12 | 371 | |
Membranous Croup | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Cerebo-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Malaria | l | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Measles | 2934 | 86 | 1271 | 1525 | 40 | 13 | 1396 | 693 | 217 | 607 | 21 | 94 | 79 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 223 | ||
Whooping Cough | 506 | 69 | 267 | 168 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 127 | 41 | 147 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 45 | |||
Diarrhoea | 104 | 51 | 53 | ... | 55 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | ... | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | •160 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 57 | 36 | 5 | 57 | 43 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | ||
„ Non-Pulmonary | 37 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 131 | 4 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 48 | |
Totals | 4832 | 249 | 1840 | 2244 | 213 | 164 | 97 | 25 | 2177 | 1121 | 423 | 1052 | 59 | 534 | 331 | 151 | 219 | 26 | 1261 |
(H) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.
* Includes 2 notifications dated 31/12/28.