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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 3rd October, 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 6.
5 to 15.
15 to 25.
25 to 65.
65 and
upwards.
Small-pox
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
71
2
26
36
5
1
1
20
38
12
...
...
15
35
11
...
1
Membranous Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
19
...
1
2
4
11
1
8
6
4
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
27
...
12
11
2
2
...
11
7
4
5
...
8
7
3
4
...
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
17
...
2
7
2
6
...
9
5
...
3
...
9
3
...
3
...
Relapsing Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Plague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Phthisis
12
...
1
...
3
6
2
2
1
7
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals
148
2
42
56
17
27
4
51
58
27
11
1
33
47
14
7
1
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.