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Greenwich 1903

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1903

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 1st Quarter (13 weeks) ending 4th April, 1903.
Notifiable Disease.
Cases Notified in Whole District.
Total Cases notified in each Locality.
No. of Casus removed to Hospital from each
Locality.
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 6.
5 to 19.
15 to 25.
25 to 65.
65 and
upwards.
Small-pox
...
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...
...
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Cholera
...
...
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...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
45
...
20
16
5
4
...
17
10
9
6
3
16
10
7
6
1
Membranous Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
Erysipelas
23
...
2
...
6
9
...
12
3
6
2
...
4
...
1
1
...
Scarlet Fever
60
...
18
31
9
2
...
31
16
3
7
3
29
12
3
5
2
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
10
...
...
2
4
4
...
7
1
1
1
...
7
1
1
...
...
Relapsing Fever
...
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...
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Continued Fever
...
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Puerperal Fever
2
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
Plague
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...
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...
...
...
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...
...
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...
Chicken-pox
109
17
44
47
1
...
...
55
25
5
22
2
...
...
...
...
...
Phthisis
13
...
...
1
1
11
...
8
3
2
...
..
3
2
1
...
...
Totals
262
17
84
97
26
32
6
131
59
26
38
8
60
25
13
12
3
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.