Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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. | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 68 | ... | 14 | 44 | 4 | 6 | ... | 37 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 39 | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 151 | 1 | 39 | 87 | 16 | 8 | ... | 65 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 60 | 34 | 14 | 22 | 7 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 19 | ... | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ... | 10 | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis | 40 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... |
Totals | 317 | 2 | 61 | 148 | 33 | 66 | 7 | 134 | 91 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 102 | 57 | 24 | 31 | 9 |
* Cases of Infectious Disedase are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. |