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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| 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. | GreenwichEast. | GreenwichWest. | St. Nicholas. Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidrrooke.* | 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 39 | ... | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | ... | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | ... | 14 | 52 | 5 | 2 | ... | 15 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Phthisis | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 152 | 2 | 31 | 73 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 43 | 52 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 41 | 13 | 25 | 3 |
| * Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. | |||||||||||||||||