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 to25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upward | |||||||||||||
Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 148 | 5 | 33 | 86 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 54 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 51 | 54 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 143 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 112 | 1 | 26 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 107 |
Malaria | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 88 | 4 | 36 | 47 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 47 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 115 | 6 | 42 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 49 | 41 | 8 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 16 | 6 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 36 | .. | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | .. | 17 | 8 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Non-Pulmonary | 17 | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Influenzal | 21 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Totals | 573 | 25 | 151 | 278 | 46 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 235 | 202 | 40 | 65 | 31 | 115 | 76 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 262 |
*Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.