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. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .5 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 54 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | 21 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 50 |
| Mem. Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 81 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 74 |
| Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever, or Post Bas il Meningitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 167 | 31 | 80 | 51 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 131 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 47 | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 75 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 39 | 3 | 7 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Influenzal | 26 | .. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Totals | 487 | 45 | 127 | 207 | 38 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 291 | 104 | 29 | 53 | 10 | 63 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 133 |
* Coses of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.