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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 1925
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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All the cases were removed to hospitals as shown below :—
| Date Notified. | Sex. | Age in years. | Treatment— Home or Hospital. | Results. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 Feb. 7 | F | 19 | S.E. Hospital | Returned—Not En-cephalitis. |
| Mar. 21 | F | 16 | Seamen's Hospital | Recovery complete. |
| Mar. 31 | F | 14 mths. | S.E. Hospital | |
| Apr. 28 | M | 66 | G. and D. Hospital | |
| May 28 | F | 6 | Park Hospital | Recovered partially. Under supervisory treatment. |
| June 28 | F | 50 | Miller Hospital | |
| July 25 | M | 38 | Park Hospital | Complete recovery. |
| July 21 | F | 13 | Lewisham Hospital | |
| July 31 | M | 9 | G. and D. and S.E. Hospital. | Still under supervisory treatment. |
| Aug. 27 | F | 21 | Home. O.P., Miller Hospital. | Acute Rheumatism. Still under treatment. |
| Sept. 16 | M | 49 | Guys Hospital and Plumstead Hospi-tal. | Still inmate of Hospital. |
Glanders.—No case of Glanders has occurred within the
Borough.
Anthrax and Hydrophobia.—No notification of any case of
these diseases in man has been received during the year.
Tuberculosis.—During the year there were 265 cases of
Tuberculosis notified in the Borough, 197 being pulmonary cases,
ordinarily known as Consumption, and 68 non-pulmonary, being
Tuberculosis affecting other portions of the body than the lungs.
Of this number of cases, 72 pulmonary and 28 non-pulmonary,
occurred in East Greenwich, 54 pulmonary and 14 non-pulmonary
in West Greenwich, 28 pulmonary and 8 non-pulmonary in St.