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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 IS | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 66 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ... | 26 | 19 | 8 | 13 | ... | 25 | 19 | 8 | 13 | ... | 65 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 16 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 107 | ... | 26 | 70 | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 42 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 39 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 104 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| ,, Pyrexia | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 10 | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 35 | 5 | 14 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 23 | 14 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 32 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 10 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 22 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ... | 12 |
| Totals | 341 | 27 | 80 | 149 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 144 | 78 | 42 | 71 | 6 | 82 | 62 | 17 | 51 | 4 | 216 |
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.