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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 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diphtheria | 16 | 31 | 3 | ... | ... | 23 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 13 | ||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | ... | 39 | 3 | 2 | ... | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | |||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | |||
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 252 | 12 | 62 | 143 | 26 | 9 | ... | ... | 68 | 46 | 33 | 102 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 8 | |
| Whooping Cough | 151 | 29 | 89 | 31 | ... | ... | 37 | 10 | 2 | ... | 17 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | |||
| Diarrhoea | 18 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 43 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | |||||
| ... | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Totals | 657 | 58 | 203 | 251 | 78 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 276 | 138 | 67 | 82 | 54 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 205 | ||
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.