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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 1927
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927
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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 allAges. | At Ages— Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (h) | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (h) | Total. | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 99 | ... | 15 | 66 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | 34 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 99 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 8 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 139 | ... | 36 | 82 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 47 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 61 | 47 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 138 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ,, Pyrexia | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 98 | 2 | 33 | 58 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 26 | 3 | 68 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 149 | 14 | 84 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 92 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Diarrhœa | 16 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 36 | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 7 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 27 | ... | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ... | 13 |
| Totals | 603 | 35 | 183 | 273 | 46 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 266 | 126 | 120 | 74 | 17 | 115 | 86 | 25 | 49 | 12 | 287 |
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situate