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. 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. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
Acute Polio Myelitis | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Small-Pox | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Chicken-Pox | 69 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 31 | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 217 | 3 | 59 | 114 | 30 | 10 | 1 | .. | 96 | 62 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 90 | 62 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 211 |
Mem. Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 56 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | 219 | 2 | 57 | 124 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 62 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 94 | 58 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 201 |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 16 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .. | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 14 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Cerebro-Spina! Fever | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Measles | 706 | 18 | 208 | 460 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .. | 507 | 45 | 19 | 120 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Whooping Cough | 329 | 51 | 174 | 103 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 196 | 87 | 27 | 19 | .. | 7 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 16 |
Diarrhæa | 86 | 43 | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | 39 | 2 | 5 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 219 | .. | 2 | 30 | 49 | 90 | 43 | 5 | 90 | 64 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 37 |
„ Non-Pulmonary | 57 | .. | 11 | 24 | 13 | 9 | .. | .. | 23 | 21 | 6 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 71 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
Totals | 2087 | 142 | 586 | 927 | 164 | 168 | 82 | 18 | 1172 | 458 | 131 | 278 | 48 | 268 | 160 | 55 | 68 | 25 | 576 |
*Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.