London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1908
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908
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borough of greenwich.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases 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. N icholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 76 | ... | 27 | 37 | 8 | 4 | ... | 50 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 26 | ... | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 86 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 34 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 231 | 2 | 47 | 97 | 27 | 53 | 5 | 124 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 99 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 12 |
| * Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke | |||||||||||||||||