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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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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 Hospital from each locality. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | 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 | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | ... | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 45 | 5 | ... | 16 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Polio Myelitis | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | |||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Measles | 47 | 9 | 2 | ... | 25 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 42 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 52 | 60 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 23 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | ... | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 9 | |||||||||
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 4 | 1 | 5 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 824 | 62 | 320 | 60 | 44 | 22 | 430 | 67 | 83 | 44 ! | 279 | ||||||||
(H) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.