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 1922
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Notifiable Diseases. | 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 | 118 | 1 | 29 | 70 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | 40 | 58 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 58 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 117 |
Mem. Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 152 | 1 | 29 | 88 | 26 | 7 | 1 | .. | 71 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 70 | 29 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 147 |
Malaria | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | 560 | 25 | 217 | 307 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 283 | 176 | 11 | 82 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 136 | 15 | 51 | 69 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 65 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 64 | .. | 1 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 13 | .. | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 13 | .. | 4 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Influenzal | 39 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Totals | 1113 | 56 | 342 | 561 | 75 | 51 | 26 | 2 | 532 | 337 | 42 | 164 | 38 | 123 | 94 | 17 | 32 | 24 | 290 |
*Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.