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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 52 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
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.