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Greenwich 1902

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1902

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In connection with the general precautions for preventing the
spread of Infectious Diseases, there certainly appears to be an
urgent need for the provision of premises for isolating cases that
appear to be of a suspicious character, so that the cases could be
watched until it was definitely decided as to what was the character
of the illness. It will be readily understood that keeping a case of
this character in the homes of the poorer people exposes the
other members of the family to great risk of infection, and yet the
case must not be sent to the ordinary Fever Hospital for obvious
reasons until it is definitely declared.

Number of Articles and Rooms Disinfected in connection with the Undermentioned Diseases, from January 1st, 1902, to January 3rd, 1903.

Infectious Diseases.Premises Entered.Rooms Disinfected.Beds Disinfected.Palliasses Disinfected.Mattresses Disinfected.Pillows Disinfected.Bolsters Disinfected.Blankets Disinfected.Sheets Disinfected.Cushions Disinfected.Quilts Disinfected.Odd Articles Disinfected.Total No. Articles Disinfected.
Small-pox11017511970612401093292088716324673853
Scarlet Fever393426300901875872435431991402716323192
Diphtheria1601615383310941119283252123598
Enteric Fever5353345116521481752328257
Puerperal Fever2241...10432111238
Membranous Croup22.................................
Other Diseases28309572278221871
Total7488495191792991033425105045626751132708009

Twenty-four notices of return cases of Scarlet Fever have also
been received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals
during the year.