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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 1911
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1911
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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.* | Total. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ||||||
| Diphtheria, including | 53 | ... | 11 | 36 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 49 |
| Membranous Croup Erysipelas | 25 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 87 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 30 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 80 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chickeu-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Phthisis | 18 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | |||||
| „ Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 21 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ... | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| „ Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 28 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 17 | 3 | ... | 14 | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 9 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Totals | 241 | 7 | 31 | 110 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 88 | 87 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 60 | 58 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 158 |
* Cases of infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.