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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 1919
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919
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Membranous Croup. No cases of Membranous Croup were
notilied during the year.
Erysipelas. Forty-seven cases were notified during the year,
14 being in East Greenwich, 13 in West Greenwich, 10 in St.
Nicholas, 9 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke. Ten of these patients
were removed to a Public Institution in the district.
Scarlet Fever. Four hundred and eighty-one cases were
notified during the year, as compared with 193, 155 and 167 cases
respectively in the years 1916, 1917 and 1918; 273 cases were in
East Greenwich, 86 in West Greenwich, 78 in St. Nicholas, 40 in
Charlton and 4 in Kidbrooke; 420 of these cases were removed
to the Hospital for treatment. There were seven deaths from this
disease during the year as against 1 last year.
Seven of the cases removed to the Hospital as suffering from
Scarlet Fever were returned as wrongly diagnosed.
The following Table gives particulars of the six cases which
would seem to be "return cases." There were 2 such cases in
1918, 0 in 1917, 6 in 1916 and 17 in 1915.