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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1922
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1922
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ended 30th September, 1922.
Notifiable Diseases.
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 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.