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Contacts. Twelve intimations were received from the Medical
Officers of Health of the various Fort Sanitary Authorities respecting
persons who had been in contact with Small-Pox, 6 with Plague
and 1 with Cholera, which were kept under observation.
Post Basal Meningitis. There were 3 cases of this disease
notified during the year, 1 in East Greenwich, 1 in St. Nicholas
and 1 in Charlton.
Malaria, Dysentery, Influenza and Pneumonia. These
diseases were made notifiable in January, 1919. There were 73
cases of Malaria notified during the year, 4 cases of Dysentery and
101 cases of Influenza and Pneumonia.
Trench Fever. One case occurring in West Greenwich was
notified during the year.
During the year the undermentioned Military Discharges have
been notified and visited:—
Malaria 6
Dysentery 5
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Glanders. Under the Glanders Order no notification has
been made to this authority during the year with respect to outbreaks
of Glanders.
Glanders, Anthrax and Hydrophobia. No notification of
any case of these diseases in man has been received during the year.
Tuberculosis. During the year there were 521 cases, of
Tuberculosis notified in the Borough, 300 being pulmonary cases,
ordinarily known as Consumption, and 221 non-pulmonary, being
Tuberculosis affecting other portions of the body than the lungs.
Of this number of cases, 139 pulmonary and 99 non-pulmonary
occurred in East Greenwich, 76 pulmonary and 65 non-pulmonary
in West Greenwich, 30 pulmonary and 18 non-pulmonary in St.
Nicholas, 52 pulmonary and 37 non-pulmonary in Charlton, and
3 pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary in Kidbrooke. The various ages
of the patients were as follows:—Pulmonary cases, under one, 0;
from one to five, 2 cases; five to fifteen, 35 cases; fifteen to twentyfive,
73 cases; twenty-five to forty-five, 133 cases; forty-five to
sixty-five, 52 cases; and 5 cases over sixty-five; whilst the NonFulmonary
were: under one year of age, 4 cases; one to five, 31
cases; five to fifteen, 159 cases; fifteen to twenty-five, 17 cases;
twenty-five to forty-five, 9 cases; forty-five to sixty-five, 1 case.
Two hundred and seventy-one specimens were forwarded by