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Greenwich 1912
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1912
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 52 weeks ending 28th December, 1912.
| 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. | Under 1. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich ; East. | Greenwich w est. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Total. | ||||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 254 | 2 | 67 | 162 | 16 | 5 | 2 | ... | 155 | 57 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 142 | 49 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 229 |
| Erysipelas | 95 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Scarlet Fever | 435 | 2 | 126 | 260 | 33 | 13 | 1 | ... | 208 | 108 | 23 | 81 | 15 | 185 | 81 | 23 | 75 | 15 | 379 |
| Mem. Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio Myletis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro Acute Polio Myletis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 10 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 6 | 2 | I | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 525 | 84 | 280 | 160 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 316 | 111 | 54 | 33 | 11 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 7 |
| Diarrhœa | 162 | 61 | 87 | 7 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 80 | 49 | 18 | 15 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Phthisis | 186 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 67 | 53 | 39 | 27 | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 10 |
| „ Under Tuberculosis Regulations,1908 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 35 | 2 | ... | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | ... | 46 |
| „ Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 127 | ... | 3 | 42 | 16 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 43 | 23 | 26 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1,909 | 184 | 584 | 673 | 138 | 195 | 114 | 21 | 941 | 483 | 232 | 212 | 41 | 370 | 162 | 60 | 108 | 26 | 726 |
* Cases of infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.