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Greenwich 1925

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925

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Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1925.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1925.

Disease.Total Cases Notified.*Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths. *
Small Pox---
Diphtheria43442914
Scarlet Fever3042923
Enteric (including paratyphoid)851
Puerperal Fever991
Pneumonia9721-
Erysipelas517-
Acute Polio Myelitis11-
Cerebro Spinal Fever311
Continued Fever---
Malaria22-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum157-
Encephalitis Lethargica1193
Dysentery11-
Notifiable Locally.
Measles161010821
Whooping Cough6552315
Diarrhoea891217
329092776

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* For particulars as to Age Groups see Tables at end of Report.
REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
During 1925 there has been no material change in the Antituberculosis
Campaign. The work has been carried out on established
lines. The figures submitted are very satisfactory and are
evidence that our scheme is founded on sound principles.
Notifications and Deaths. Both the Incidence Rate and
the Death Rate are the lowest ever recorded in the Borough, and it
is particularly satisfactory that the decline in the Pulmonary
rate which commenced some years ago has continued in 1925, and
this despite causes acting in favour of the spread of this disease,
such as the wide spread unemployment and lack of housing. In
1925 the Notifications and Deaths were as follows :—
Notifications. Deaths.
Non- Non-
Pulinonary Pulmonary Total. Pulmonary Pulmonary Total
197 68 265 104 13 117
and the averages for the previous ten years (1915-1924)
266 112 133 28