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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 | to 15 | 15 to25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 176 | 2 | 39 | 118 | 10 | 7 | ... | ... | 70 | 56 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 69 | 56 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 175 |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 117 | ... | 24 | 84 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 34 | 37 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 116 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ,, Pyrexia | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 70 | ... | 28 | 40 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 63 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 23 | 10 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 37 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | ... | 10 | 9 | 5 | 12 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 9 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 14 | ... | 2 | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 38 | ... | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | ... | 4 | 6 | 6 | ... | 18 | |
| Totals | 515 | 24 | 120 | 270 | 40 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 238 | 123 | 43 | 100 | 11 | 121 | 100 | 35 | 75 | 10 | 341 |
(H) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in kidbrooke.