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There were 11 deaths ascribed to Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was made permanently
notifiable as from 1st November, 1921.
Six hundred and twenty-four cases were notified (compared
with 506 in 1928), 78 being under one year of age, 361 from
one to five, 179 from five to fifteen, and 6 from twenty-five to
sixty-five, the districts concerned being East Greenwich 415 ;
West Greenwich 110 ; St. Nicholas 24 ; Charlton 75. Each
of these cases was visited and leaflets and instructions left,
together with verbal advice respecting the isolation and care of
the patient.
Fifty-six cases were removed to Hospital for treatment,
of which number 1 was returned as not suffering from Whooping
Cough.
Epidemic Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis, Cerebro - Spinal
Fever, or Post-Basal Meningitis.—There was only 1 case of
this disease notified during the year, which occurred in the West
Greenwich district.
Acute Polio-Myelitis.—There were 7 cases notified during
the year, as compared with 1 case in 1928, 2 cases in 1927,
and 2 in 1926. One case, however, was discharged from
Hospital as not suffering from this disease.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—During the year 15 cases of
this disease have been notified, 5 being in East Greenwich, 2
in West Greenwich, 1 in St. Nicholas, and 7 in Charlton.
Further particulars of this disease will be found on page 92.
Malaria.—There was only 1 case of Malaria notified
during the year, as compared with 1 in 1928 and 8 in 1927.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—There were 4 cases of this
disease notified during the year, 2 being in East Greenwich, 1 in
West Greenwich, and 1 in Kidbrooke. The West Greenwich
case, however, was returned from Hospital as not suffering from
this disease.
Glanders.—No case of Glanders has occurred within the
Borough.
Anthrax and Hydrophobia.—No notification of any case
of these diseases in man has been received during the year.
Tuberculosis.—During the year there were 179 cases of
Tuberculosis notified in the Borough, as compared with 197 for
the previous year. Of this number. 152 were pulmonary cases,
ordinarily known as Consumption, and 27 non-pulmonary, being
Tuberculosis affecting other portions of the body than the lungs.