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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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2nd QUARTER.
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 1 | 32 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 137 |
| West Greenwich | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 12 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Charlton | - | 14 | 24 | - | - | 38 |
| Kidbrooke | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Total | 1 | 54 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 193 |
3rd QUARTER.
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 1 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 44 |
| West Greenwich | — | 6 | 2 | _ | _ | 8 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Charlton | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Kidbrooke | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 1 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 58 |
4th QUARTER.
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 2 | 11 | 5 | - | _ | 18 |
| West Greenwich | — | 6 | 7 | - | — | 13 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | — | 11 | 6 | - | — | 17 |
| Charlton | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | — | 4 |
| Kidbrooke | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 29 | 20 | — | — | 53 |
| Total cases in year = 706. | ||||||
Zymotic Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea.—Eighty-six
cases of Diarrhoea were notified throughout the whole of the Borough,
43 being under one year of age and 43 between one and five. Forty
of such notifications related to patients in East Greenwich, 39 in
West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas and 5 in Charlton.
There were 12 deaths ascribed to this disease.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was made permanently notifiable
as from 1st November, 1921.
Three hundred and twenty-nine cases were notified (compared
with 408 in 1922), 51 being under one year of age, 174 from one to
five, 103 from five to fifteen, and 1 from 25 to 45, the districts concerned
being East Greenwich, 196 ; West Greenwich, 87 ; St. Nicholas, 27;