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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 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 127 | ... | 35 | 74 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 38 | 30 | 9 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 44 | 6 | 126 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 122 | ... | 29 | 67 | 18 | 8 | ... | ... | 51 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 121 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Polio Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 158 | 13 | 84 | 58 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 18 | 98 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 1 | ... | 37 |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 6 | 19 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 7 | ... | 12 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 |
| Diarrhoea | 22 | 10 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 37 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ... | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 8 |
| Totals | 563 | 33 | 190 | 219 | 43 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 192 | 186 | 67 | 102 | 16 | 112 | 90 | 41 | 67 | 11 | 321 |
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.