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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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60
Quarter ended 29th September, 1929.
Under 1
1 to 5
5 to 15
15 to 25
25 & over
Total
East Greenwich
2
7
8
2
19
West Greenwich
2
16
21
—
—
39
St. Nicholas, Deptford
_
4
1
—
—
5
Charlton
2
6
5
—
2
15
Kidbrooke
—
1
—
1
—
2
Total
6
34
35
3
2
80
Sources of Notification-.—
By Medical Practitioners 59
,, Parents — Males. Females.
,, Health Visitors — 37 43
„ L.C.C. Schools 21
80
Quarter ended 29th December, 1929.
Under 1
1 to 5
5 to 15
15 to 25
25 & over
Total
East Greenwich
3
9
3
2
1
18
West Greenwich
7
53
38
—
—
98
St. Nicholas. Deptford
2
18
12
—
—
32
Charlton
1
4
3
—
—
8
Kidbrooke
—
—
2
—
—
2
Total
13
84
58
2
1
158
Sources of Notification:—
By Medical Practitioners 114
,, Parents 9 Males. Females.
„ Health Visitors 3 74 84
„ L.C.C. Schools 32
158
Total Cases in Year 537
Zymotic Enteritis or Epidemic Diarrhœa.—Seventy-nine
cases of diarrhoea were notified throughout the whole of the
Borough, 45 being under one year of age and 34 between one
and five. Fifty of such notifications related to patients in East
Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas, and 25 in
Charlton.