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Greenwich 1915

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 1st January, 1916.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.

Summary of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 1st January, 1916.

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.........................................................
Chicken-pox.........................................................
Diphtheria52...15298.........1423591142259151
(2)a(2)a(l)a(l)a(l)a(1)a
Mem. Croup.........................................................
Erysipelas291214911111765......1.........1
Scarlet Fever134...219995......4963316345573121118
(1)a(1)a(1)a(1)a
Posterior BasalMeningitis.........................................................
13...1471.........1111......1111...13
(6)a(5)a(l)a(6)a(6)a
Continued Fever.........................................................
Puerperal Fever1............1......1............1............1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum651...............5...1......1............1
Whooping Cough234910............15413.....................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis11...........................1............1...1
Phthisis, Pulmonary103...61916431734432101433122410370
(5)a(2)a(3)a(3)a(2)a(3)a(2)a
„ Non-Pulmonary41362741......23863120332129
(l)a(l)a(1)a(1)a
Diarrhoea.........................................................
Totals403146018948602841621483352811211616356285
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. a Service.