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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 52 weeks ended 29th December, 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 2535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Acute Polio Myelitis4..31..........2..2....2......2
Small-Pox4....111..14........4........4
Chicken-Pox69417444......2631..8421..1..4
Cholera......................................
Diphtheria21735911430101..96621930109062193010211
Mem. Croup......................................
Erysipelas564351113146221812228531219
Scarlet Fever2192571242591110462182312945818229201
Malaria2........2....11......1........1
Dysentery1..........1....1........1......1
Enteric Fever16..14353..9511..7511..14
Relapsing Fever......................................
Continued Fever1........1....1........1........1
Puerperal Fever9......54....62..1..62......8
Cerebro-Spina! Fever5..13....1..3....2..2....1..3
Measles706182084601442..5074519120154242214
Whooping Cough32951174103..1....196872719..781....16
Diarrhæa864343..........403925..62......8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1616............5128..3....1..4
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary219..230499043590642141321636137
„ Non-Pulmonary57..1124139....232167..1..2....3
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal711714919165391749211643125
Totals20871425869271641688218117245813127848268160556825576

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