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 | 169 | 13 | 52 | 96 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 101 | 46 | 1 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 707 | 22 | 179 | 397 | 73 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 342 | 201 | 44 | 70 | 50 | 333 | 196 | 43 | 63 | 48 | 683 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 43 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 599 | 5 | 132 | 341 | 86 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 290 | 104 | 67 | 100 | 38 | 277 | 100 | 64 | 92 | 34 | 567 |
Malaria | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Measles | 1286 | 51 | 522 | 691 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | 610 | 335 | 106 | 221 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
Whooping Cough | 408 | 40 | 153 | 209 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 179 | 134 | 20 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 9 |
Diarrhœa | 29 | 12 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 218 | .. | 3 | 39 | 57 | 78 | 37 | 4 | 108 | 50 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 55 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .. | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Influenzal | 165 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 77 | 51 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 46 |
Totals | 3720 | 171 | 1090 | 1834 | 289 | 220 | 91 | 25 | 1776 | 983 | 282 | 552 | 127 | 660 | 328 | 113 | 166 | 91 | 1358 |
*Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.