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Greenwich 1919
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 53 weeks ending January 3rd, 1920.
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 6. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 26. | 26 to 46. | 46 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||
| Post Basal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | 54 | 5 | 22 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Malaria | 73 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 53 | 4 | ... | 40 | 21 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 275 | 1 | 44 | 194 | 30 | 6 | ... | ... | 89 | 125 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 78 | 102 | 8 | 45 | 2 | ... | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 481 | 3 | 113 | 308 | 40 | 17 | ... | ... | 273 | 86 | 78 | 40 | 4 | 232 | 79 | 72 | 34 | 3 | ... | |
| Trench Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 20 | ... | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 7 | 8 | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | 8 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Dysentery | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Influenza & Pneumonia | 101 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ...... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 925 | 25 | 377 | 499 | 15 | 8 | 1 | ... | 377 | 305 | 127 | 110 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 141 | 20 | 62 | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 | 55 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea | 142 | 63 | 78 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 62 | 26 | 20 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... ... | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 300 | ... | 2 | 35 | 73 | 133 | 52 | 5 | 139 | 76 | 30 | 52 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 221 | 4 | 31 | 159 | 17 | 9 | 1 | ... | 99 | 65 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... ... | ||
| Totals | 2820 | 151 | 740 | 1317 | 225 | 285 | 86 | 16 | 1198 | 890 | 326 | 383 | 23 | 363 | 212 | 92 | 96 | 6 | ... | |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.