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Greenwich 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Quarter ended 1st April, 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Casks Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton & Kidbrooke.* | Greenwich East. | Greenwich West. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton & Kidbrooke.* | Total. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | ^ to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 103 | 3 | 21 | 63 | 13 | 3 | ... | ... | 21 | 12 | 10 | 60 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 101 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 17 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ... | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 152 | ... | 42 | 86 | 15 | 8 | 1 | ... | 78 | 42 | 9 | 23 | 74 | 38 | 9 | 23 | 144 | |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 309 | 18 | 79 | 185 | 22 | 5 | ... | ... | 134 | 101 | 46 | 28 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 64 | |
| Whooping Cough | 181 | 19 | 110 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 131 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 1 | ... | 2 | 12 | |
| Diarrhoea | 10 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 37 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | ||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 100 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 54 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 55 | |
| Totals | 925 | 54 | 268 | 403 | 67 | 67 | 50 | 16 | 446 | 220 | 82 | 177 | 196 | 84 | 29 | 102 | 411 | |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.