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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 December, 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 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
200
5
51
118
19
6
1
..
87
65
14
25
9
85
62
14
24
9
194
Mem. Croup
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Erysipelas
8
1
..
..
..
1
4
2
7
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Scarlet Fever
109
1
25
60
15
8
..
..
43
20
24
13
9
40
18
23
12
8
101
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Enteric Fever
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Relapsing Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Continued Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Puerperal Fever
2
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
••
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
110
1
46
60
3
..
..
..
67
39
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
Whooping Cough
73
10
25
37
..
1
..
..
37
24
4
8
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Diarrhœa
4
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
4
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
61
..
..
12
17
21
8
3
31
15
6
8
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
„ Non-Pulmonary
11
..
3
3
3
2
..
..
6
4
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
Pneumonia, Acute Primary,
or Influenzal
21
1
5
7
1
5
2
..
11
7
1
2
..
1
1
1
..
..
3
Totals
773
38
209
393
64
49
15
5
395
225
51
81
21
134
81
38
36
18
307
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.