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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 1924
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1924
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| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | _ | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 10 | 15 | — | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 |
| 25 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | — | 1 |
| 35 | 19 | 18 | 1 | — | 13 | 6 | — | — |
| 45 | 17 | 12 | — | — | 16 | 7 | — | — |
| 55 | 10 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 107 | 106 | 34 | 23 | 65 | 41 | 10 | 11 |
Particulars relating to the above Table are dealt with in the
Report of the Tuberculosis Officer on pages 26 to 34.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| *6 | 2 | †4 | 5 | — | — | 1 |
* Includes 1 case of Inflammation of the Eyes.
† 3 cases attended as Out-Patients.
Notifications under the Provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.—During the year 3,516 cases have been
notified under the above Act, as compared with 3,227, 3,720 and
2,087 respectively in the preceding years 1921, 1922 and 1923.
Small-Pox.—No case of this disease occurred in the Borough
during the year.