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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 1926
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1926
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospitalfrom each locality. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges. | 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 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 503 | 10 | 122 | 290 | 51 | 28 | 2 | ... | 220 | 120 | 21 | 121 | 21 | 218 | 120 | 21 | 121 | 21 | 501 |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 65 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 371 | 3 | 117 | 213 | 25 | 12 | 1 | ... | 155 | 76 | 28 | 93 | 19 | 149 | 76 | 28 | 90 | 19 | 362 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 |
| ,, Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | *1 | ... | ... | ... | *1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | *1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | *1 | *1 |
| Malaria | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles | 1299 | 60 | 576 | 636 | 21 | 6 | ... | ... | 432 | 297 | 132 | 416 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 5 | ... | 46 |
| Whooping Cough | 126 | 26 | 70 | 29 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 75 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ... | 25 |
| Diarrhœa | 113 | 41 | 72 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 | 16 | 17 | 19 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 177 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 55 | 63 | 25 | 3 | 71 | 51 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 54 | ... | 11 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | ... | 25 | 11 | 2 | 16 | ... | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | 19 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 120 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 14 | ... | 40 |
| Totals | 2869 | 157 | 1010 | 1242 | 187 | 167 | 79 | 27 | 1110 | 670 | 248 | 771 | 70 | 436 | 262 | 79 | 241 | 44 | 1062 |