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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 13 weeks ending 4th July, 1903.
Notifiable Disease.
Casks Notified in Whole District.
Total Cases notified in each Locality.
No. of Casks 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 5.
5 to 15.
15 to 25.
25 to 65.
65 and
upwards.
Small-pox
3
...
...
2
...
1
...
1
...
2
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
46
1
20
22
3
...
...
19
11
13
2
1
13
8
11
2
...
Membranous Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
16
1
...
...
2
11
2
9
2
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
44
1
15
25
3
...
...
17
14
2
7
4
15
11
2
5
4
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
2
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Relapsing Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
.........
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
4
...
...
...
1
3
...
2
...
1
1
...
1
...
1
...
Plague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
29
1
18
9
1
...
...
13
12
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
Phthisis
14
...
...
2
2
9
1
5
4
1
4
...
5
3
...
1
...
Totals
158
4
53
60
13
25
3
67
44
22
20
5
35
23
15
9
4
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.