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Greenwich 1920

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ending 1st January, 1921.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each LocalityNumber of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Greenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas, DeptfordCharltonKidbrooke*Greenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas, DeptfordCharltonKidbrooke*Total
Under1 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 ant upwards
Small-Pox......................................
Chicken-Pox......................................
Cholera......................................
Diphtheria46..132344....1712210517112..545
Mem. Croup......................................
Erysipelas17....1156..752..331....37
Scarlet Fever137..1994176....932929487261..4127
Malaria8......161..4121....11....2
Enteric Fever7....1211..42..1..22......5
Relapsing Fever......................................
Continued Fever......................................
Puerperal Fever1..........1......1..............1
Cerebro-Spinal Fever......................................
Measles22311611....81121..............
Whooping Cough39111612........1113114..............
Diarrhoea1015645..........39341117..............
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55............2111..1........1
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary791..152230923722613..31......4
„ Non-Pulmonary22139612..6745..............
Pneumonia1311114417123..111....3
Totals4978110816255582492351383675131144362012195

•Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.