London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age & Sex Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At all Ages | Oto 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | Greenwich | Woolwich | ||||||||||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||||
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Post-lnfectious | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 13 | 16 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 14 | |
| Infective Jaundice | 13 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | - | — | - | - | 9 | 19 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| n p | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 20 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | — | - | 17 | 27 | |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 10 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | — | - | 4 | 10 | |
| Measles | 308 | 282 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 35 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 34 | 48 | 31 | 143 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 251 | 339 | |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 33 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 44 | |
| Malaria | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
| Leptispiros | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 25 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 3 | 1 | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Totals | 424 | 383 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 47 | 57 | 37 | 176 | 174 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 330 | ||
NOTE:—The above table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e., all cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored