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Greenwich 1921
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1921
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1921.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. 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 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 1 5 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 595 | 6 | 98 | 393 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 332 | 154 | 24 | 56 | 29 | 315 | 151 | 24 | 54 | 28 | 572 | |
| Mem. Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | ... | 8 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 958 | 8 | 165 | 636 | 113 | 34 | 2 | ... | 424 | 194 | 44 | 163 | 33 | 400 | 276 | 41 | 143 | 28 | 888 |
| Malaria | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 10 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles | 572 | 20 | 229 | 318 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 252 | 191 | 5 | 115 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 321 | 47 | 165 | 107 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 195 | 87 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
| Diarrhoea | 211 | 105 | 106 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 | 88 | 10 | 53 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 263 | ... | 5 | 51 | 62 | 96 | 45 | 4 | 116 | 52 | 22 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 6 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 73 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Influenzal | 125 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 81 | 27 | 1 | 16 | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | 15 | |
| Totals | 3227 | 210 | 809 | 1575 | 287 | 231 | 95 | 20 | 1530 | 955 | 148 | 511 | 83 | 752 | 451 | 75 | 208 | 58 | 1544 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.