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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1905
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1905
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases 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 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 23 | ... | 8 | 6 | 1 | ... | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Erysipelas | 12 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 7 | ... | 29 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 8 | ||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Phthisis | 1 | 2 | 17 | ... | 14 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||
| Totals | 150 | 3 | 41 | 45 | 22 | 38 | 59 | 44 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 10 | ||
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.