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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 July, 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases 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. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 61 | ... | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 23 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 19 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 138 | ... | 44 | 77 | 10 | 5 | ... | ... | 51 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 48 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 134 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria (Induced) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 360 | 13 | 101 | 220 | 19 | 7 | ... | ... | 156 | 137 | 10 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 184 | 15 | 97 | 72 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81 | 30 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 14 | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 32 | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | ... | 14 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 10 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenza | 11 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 839 | 42 | 271 | 409 | 54 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 352 | 236 | 55 | 196 | 92 | 64 | 38 | 51 | 245 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.