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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 Localitv. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas. Deptford. | Charlton. | Kipbrooke.* | Greenwich EAST. | Greenwich West. | Sr. Nicholas, Deptford. | GREENWICH WEST | KIDIROOKR | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 38 | ... | 16 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 29 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 113 | 1 | 26 | 70 | 13 | 3 | ... | 61 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 18 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 13 | l | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 187 | 3 | 43 | 99 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 101 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 90 | 88 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| * Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. | |||||||||||||||||