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 1925
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| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number 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 16 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
| Diphtheria | 152 | 4 | 31 | 101 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .. | 51 | 37 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 51 | 37 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 152 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 6 | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 98 | 1 | 28 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 74 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 74 | .. | 9 | 10 | 1 | 98 |
| Typhus Fever | •• | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | •• | •• | .. | 1 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | •• | •• | .. | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | •• | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 1 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1,028 | 43 | 533 | 441 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 465 | 317 | 161 | 82 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 3 | .. | 68 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 26 | 16 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 45 | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 23 | 8 | .. | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 23 | .. | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 39 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .. | 10 | 9 | 3 | 17 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 11 | |
| Totals | 1,462 | 77 | 638 | 626 | 53 | 49 | 17 | 2 | 671 | 396 | 188 | 198 | 9 | 166 | 69 | 28 | 81 | 4 | 348 |