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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 1904
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904
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Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 52 weeks ending 31st December, 1904.
| 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. | Chari.ton. | 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 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 150 | 1 | 47 | 75 | 15 | 12 | ... | 53 | 46 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 25 | 3 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 87 | 1 | ... | 13 | 10 | 50 | 13 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 12 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 214 | 5 | 78 | 98 | 19 | 14 | ... | 102 | 40 | 17 | 47 | 8 | 87 | 35 | 13 | 43 | 8 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 50 | ... | 3 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 384 | 49 | 197 | 131 | 7 | ... | ... | 203 | 49 | 54 | 74 | 4 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 123 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 87 | 1 | 54 | 29 | 29 | 11 | ... | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | ... |
| Totals | 1013 | 58 | 329 | 349 | 77 | 185 | 15 | 480 | 202 | 133 | 179 | 19 | 169 | 99 | 36 | 74 | 15 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.