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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 or 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 78 | 1 | 15 | 40 | 10 | ... | ... | 31 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 76 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Erysipelas | 15 | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | I | 7 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 56 | ... | 11 | 37 | 5 | ... | 14 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 53 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 6 | 34 | 35 | 3 | ... | ... | 19 | 39 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | 13 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 18 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | |
| Diarrhoea | 30 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 30 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 9 | |||
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 11 | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 343 | 29 | 99 | 124 | 36 | 37 | 6 | 126 | 102 | 35 | 72 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 176 | |
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.