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Typhoid Fever. There were 15 cases of Typhoid Fever
notified during the year, 7 being in East Greenwich, 3 in West
Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas and 3 in Charlton. The ages of the
patients were: 4 between five and fifteen years, 3 between fifteen
and twenty-five years, 5 between twenty-five and forty-five years,
1 between forty-five and sixty-five years and 2, 65 years and over.
Of the total number of cases 11 were removed to the Hospital for
treatment. Twenty such cases occurred in 1919, 12 in 1918, 13 in
1917 and 14 in 1916, the average number for the previous 10 years
being 14.
There were two fatalities from this disease during the year,
both being in West Greenwich.
No cases of Enteric Fever were traceable to shell-fish.
Seven specimens were forwarded for bacteriological examination
from cases suspected to be Typhoid Fever in character, 1
giving a positive result.
Puerperal Fever. Five cases of this disease were notified
during the year, 1 being in East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich,
1 in St. Nicholas and 1 in Charlton.
There were 5 cases in 1919, 1 in 1918, 3 in 1917 and 14 in 1916.
There were 5 deaths from this disease during the year.
Measles. The Order for the treatment and notification of
Measles and German Measles made by the Local Government Board
in 1915 having lapsed at the end of the year 1919, no cases of
Measles were notified during the first 6 months of the year. During
this period large numbers of cases of Measles occurred resulting
in 25 deaths, and from a consideration of this fact this Council
decided to reintroduce notification, with its attendant means of
education of the public to the seriousness of the condition, and
accordingly on the 1st July the notification of Measles and German
Measles in this Borough was revived and made permanently compulsorily
notifiable by Order of this Council under the following
conditions :—
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich (Measles and German
Measles) Regulations, 1920.
Article 5. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations,
every Medical Practitioner, as soon as he becomes aware that a
person who is resident within the Borough and upon whom he is in
professional attendance is suffering from Measles or German
Measles, shall forthwith make and sign a notification of the case
in the Form set forth in Schedule A to the Public Health
(Notification of Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1918, and shall
transmit the notifications to the Medical Officer of Health :