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 1909
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 2nd October, 1909
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 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 3 | ... | 15 | 18 | 4 | 4 | ... | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | ... | |
Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 10 | ... | 8 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 80 | 1 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 4 | ... | 36 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spiual Meningitis | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis | 47 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 1 | ... | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ... |
Totals | 198 | 3 | 44 | 79 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 85 | 45 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
* Cases of infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Hoard, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. |