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 1923
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 upward | |||||||||||||
Polio Myelitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | 69 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 31 | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 96 | 2 | 22 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .. | 48 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 92 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 94 | .. | 19 | 59 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | 51 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 20 | 8 | .. | 7 | 88 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 402 | 12 | 96 | 285 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 308 | 12 | .. | 72 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 172 | 28 | 92 | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 114 | 45 | .. | 13 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 61 | .. | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 18 | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 9 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .. | 17 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Totals | 960 | 53 | 255 | 519 | 57 | 47 | 25 | 4 | 610 | 166 | 28 | 124 | 32 | 110 | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 218 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.