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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. 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 | 221 | ... | 71 | 122 | 16 | 12 | ... | 134 | 45 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 120 | 41 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 100 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 423 | 4 | 97 | 256 | 45 | 21 | ... | 190 | 112 | 38 | 64 | 19 | 178 | 92 | 38 | 56 | 16 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 34 | ... | 6 | 14 | 3 | 11 | ... | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 107 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 70 | 5 | 39 | 34 | 24 | 10 | ... | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ... |
| Totals | 887 | 9 | 182 | 417 | 92 | 170 | 17 | 402 | 233 | 115 | 106 | 31 | 322 | 144 | 65 | 82 | 26 |
| * Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. | |||||||||||||||||