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 1920
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | 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 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 88 | .. | 14 | 51 | 13 | 10 | .. | .. | 45 | 17 | .. | 15 | 10 | 36 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | 75 |
Mem. Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
Erysipelas | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 133 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 24 | 4 | .. | .. | 69 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 118 |
Malaria | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | I | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever, or Post Basal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 121 | 21 | 62 | 37 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 59 | 47 | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 1 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 58 | .. | 2 | 10 | .. | 23 | 13 | .. | 28 | 14 | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Non-Pulmonary | 53 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 4 | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Influenzal | 67 | 7 | 26 | 12 | .. | 7 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Totals | 553 | 40 | 147 | 227 | 51 | 57 | 23 | 8 | 282 | 145 | 29 | 69 | 28 | 108 | 37 | 9 | 32 | 26 1 | 212 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.