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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 29th December, 1923.

Notifiable diseases.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified is 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.
Under1 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Acute Polio Myelitis......................................
Small-Pox......................................
Chicken-Pox......................................
Cholera......................................
Diphtheria381151651....914114..814114..37
Encephalitis Lethargica......................................
Erysipelas121122231264......41....5
Scarlet Fever48..103431....211386..181286..44
Typhus Fever......................................
Enteric Fever8..1....4....3311..2311..7
Malaria2........2....11......1........1
Continued Fever......................................
Puerperal Fever......................................
Cerebro-Spinal Fever......................................
Measles5342920........1813174....14....5
Whooping Cough4132711........3281....11......2
Diarrhæa17143..........125......62......8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11..................1..............
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary55....5132413..2313613..3311..8
,, Non-Pulmonary16..2932....7531..1..1....2
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal12..14241..83..1..4211..8
Totals30324891013040181136844141144421823..127

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