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 1902
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Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 53 weeks ending 3rd January, 1903.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Casks removed to Hospital from each | ||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | 100 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 54 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 27 | ... | 52 | 13 | 7 | 27 | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 178 | 4 | 52 | 70 | 21 | 31 | ... | 86 | 58 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 65 | 46 | 7 | 15 | 9 |
Membranous Croup | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 117 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 11 | 42 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 459 | 5 | 107 | 285 | 50 | 12 | ... | 230 | 126 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 180 | 100 | 37 | 29 | 9 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 67 | ... | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | ... | 34 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | 813 | 85 | 377 | 334 | 12 | 5 | ... | 331 | 264 | 113 | 98 | 7 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis | 69 | ... | 1 | 3 | 11 | 44 | ... | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | ... | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | ... |
Totals | 1801 | 98 | 553 | 736 | 145 | 255 | 14 | 800 | 533 | 220 | 213 | 35 | 358 | 183 | 68 | 78 | 24 |
Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.