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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 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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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.* 1 | 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 | 71 | ... | 20 | 39 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | 32 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 62 |
| Mem. Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ... | 9 | 7 | 9 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 128 | 1 | 18 | 97 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 78 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 72 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 117 |
| Cerebro Acute Polio | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Myletis Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 54 | 8 | 31 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diarrhoea | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 86 | ... | 1 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 17 | ... | 34 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 39 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 27 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 11 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 4-22 | 25 | 91 | 181 | 42 | 55 | 23 | 5 | 213 | 86 | 60 | 56 | 7 | 129 | 43 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 236 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.