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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1923
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923
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| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - | _ | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | __ | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | _ | 1 | — | 3 |
| 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | _ | _ |
| 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | _ | 4 |
| 25 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 45 | 17 | 11 | — | — | 4 | 7 | - | — |
| 55 | 13 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Totals | 134 | 108 | 27 | 39 | 63 | 51 | 6 | 13 |
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| *19 | 13 | †6 | 19 | — | — | — |
*Includes 3 cases of inflammation of the Eyes.
†2 cases attended as Out-Patients.
Notifications under the Provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.—During the year 2087 cases have been
notified under the above Act, as compared with 2,116, 3227 and
3,720 respectively in the preceding years 1920, 1921 and 1922.
Chicken-Pox.—The Order made by the Council for a period of
three months terminated on the 18th February, 1923. From the
1st January, 1923, to this date 69 notifications were received.
Small-Pox.—Four cases of this disease occurred in the Borough
during the year.