Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending September 27th, 1919.
Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Grernwich 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. | |||||||||||||
Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Malaria | 29 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 24 | ... | ... | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 48 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 23 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 45 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 11 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | l | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Erysipelas | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 114 | 1 | 20 | 75 | 14 | 4 | ... | ... | 51 | 15 | 42 | 5 | l | 50 | 14 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 109 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 14 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Measles | 278 | 7 | 134 | 134 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 80 | 130 | 46 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | 39 | 8 | 18 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 3 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhœa | 119 | 50 | 68 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 55 | 20 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 67 | ... | 1 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 10 | l | 30 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 43 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 23 | 13 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 |
Totals | 782 | 74 | 255 | 304 | 56 | 78 | 14 | l | 293 | 263 | 121 | 99 | 6 | 83 | 36 | 44 | 22 | 2 | 187 |
*Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.