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Acute Polio-Myelitis or Acute Polio-Encephalitis.—
There were no cases notified during the year, as compared with 3
cases in 1921, 0 in 1920 and 1 in 1919.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—During the year 18 cases of this
disease have been notified, 6 being in East Greenwich, 7 in West
Greenwich, 1 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 4 in Charlton.
Further particulars of this disease will be found on page 83.
Malaria.—There were 10 cases of Malaria notified during the
year, 3 in East Greenwich, 4 in West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas
and 1 in Kidbrooke, as compared with 8 last year.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—There was one case of this
disease notified during the year. This was a case brought to the
Miller Hospital from outside the Borough.
Glanders.—No case of Glanders has occurred within the
Borough.
Anthrax and Hydrophobia.—No notification of any case of
these diseases in man has been received during the year.
Tuberculosis.—During the year there were 273 cases of
Tuberculosis notified in the Borough, 218 being pulmonary cases,
ordinarily known as Consumption, and 55 non-pulmonary, being
Tuberculosis affecting other portions of the body than the lungs.
Of this number of cases, 108 pulmonary and 21 non-pulmonary,
occurred in East Greenwich, 50 pulmonary and 21 non-pulmonary in
West Greenwich, 24 pulmonary and 7 non-pulmonary in St. Nicholas,
33 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary in Charlton, and 3 pulmonary
and 3 non-pulmonary in Kidbrooke. The various ages of the
patients were as follow :—Pulmonary cases under one, 0; from one
to five, 3 cases; five to fifteen, 39 cases; fifteen to twenty-five, 57
cases; twenty-five to forty-five, 78 cases; forty-five to sixty-five,
37 cases; and 4 cases over sixty-five; whilst the Non-Pulmonary
were: Under one year of age, 1 case; one to five, 11 cases; five to
fifteen, 24 cases; fifteen to twenty-five, 10 cases; twenty-five to
forty-five, 7 cases; and forty-five to sixty-five, 2 cases.
Four hundred and thirty-nine specimens were forwarded by
medical practitioners for bacteriological investigation from patients
suspected to be consumptive ; 353 were reported to be negative and
86 positive.
Disinfection has been offered and carried out in 96 cases, including
134 rooms and 322 articles of bedding, etc.; disinfectant has
also been supplied to patients to disinfect sputum, etc., and sputum
pots where such are found necessary.