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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SECTION 3.
Disease. | Total Cases Notified. * | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths.* |
---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 707 | 683 | 42 |
Scarlet Fever | 599 | 567 | 6 |
Enteric (including paratyphoid) | 3 | 2 | — |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | 3 | — |
Pnuemonia | 165 | 46 | 154 |
Erysipelas | 43 | 13 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Malaria | 10 | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 9 | — |
Notifiable Locally. | |||
Measles | 1,286 | 18 | 29 |
Whooping Cough | 408 | 9 | 11 |
Chicken Pox | 169 | — | — |
Diarrhœa | 29 | — | (under 5 yrs). |
Tuberculosis. | |||
Males 112 | |||
Females 106 | |||
- | 218 | 3 | 120 |
(b) Non-Pulmonary— | |||
Males 27 | |||
Females 28 | |||
55 | 1 | 21 | |
3,720 | 1,358 | 386 |
* For particulars as to Age Groups see Tables at end of Report.
See Report of Tuberculosis Officer on page 31.
Cases. | Vision Un-impaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notified. | Treated. | |||||
At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
18 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 1* | — | 2 |
* Still receiving treatment at Hospital.