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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1955.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District Age & Sex Group | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hos-pital from each Locality | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | 0 to 1 | 1 to 3 | 3 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 _ | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | ||||||||||||||
| M | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | M | f | m | F | M | f | ||||||||||||
| Malaria | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Encephalitis | Infectious | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post-Infectious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P. | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| N.P. | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | 20 | ... | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 857 | 827 | 22 | 28 | 171 | 158 | 253 | 217 | 394 | 412 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 543 | 284 | 98 | 759 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 92 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 48 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 49 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| „ Non Pulmonary | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1,100 | 1,020 | 32 | 39 | 204 | 175 | 287 | 245 | 475 | 476 | 20 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 665 | 344 | 110 | 1,001 | 47 | 15 | 12 | 80 | 154 | ||
NOTE :—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.