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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 1918
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918
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Membranous Croup. No cases of Membranous Croup were
notified during the year.
Erysipelas. Forty-one cases were notified during the year,
9 being in East Greenwich, 14 in West Greenwich, 14 in St.
Nicholas, 3 in Charlton, and 1 in Kidbrooke. One of these patients
was removed to a Public Institution in the District.
Scarlet Fever. One hundred and sixty-seven cases were
notified during the year, as compared with 325, 193 and 155 cases
respectively, in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917; 76 cases were in
East Greenwich, 37 in West Greenwich, 25 in St. Nicholas, 26 in
Charlton, and 3 in Kidbrooke; 154 of these cases were removed
to the Hospital for treatment. There was 1 death from this disease
during the year as against 1 last year.
One of the cases removed to the Hospital as suffering from
Scarlet Fever was returned as wrongly diagnosed.
The following Table gives particulars of the two cases which
would seem to be "return cases." There were no such cases in
1917, 6 in 1916, and 17 in 1915.