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Greenwich 1923

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 13 weeks ended 31 sf March, 1923.

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 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upward
Polio Myelitis2..11..............2..............
Small-Pox......................................
Chicken-Pox69417444......2631..8421..1..4
Cholera......................................
Diphtheria96222531441..482611384426113892
Encephalitis Lethargica......................................
Erysipelas1921136421123213..2117
Scarlet Fever94..1959133....512187747208..788
Typhus Fever......................................
Enteric Fever1....1..........1......1......1
Continued Fever1........1....1........1........1
Puerperal Fever2......11....11......11......2
Cerebro-Spinal Fever1....1..............1........1..1
Malaria......................................
Measles4021296285711..30812..72104........7
Whooping Cough172289252........11445..13..31......4
Diarrhœa......................................
Dysentery1..........1....1........1......1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum44............21..1..1........1
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary61..2911261122418..112..2..1..3
„ Non-Pulmonary9..26..1....72..................
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal26137447..175..4..41..1..6
Totals960532555195747254610166281243211054211617218

* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.