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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 30th September, 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Casks 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. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 71 | ... | 22 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 21 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 67 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | ... | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 123 | 2 | 35 | 78 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 53 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 53 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 123 |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 66 | 10 | 26 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | 10 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 178 | 20 | 97 | 60 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 37 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 9 |
| Diarrhoea | 28 | 12 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 26 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Totals | 553 | 51 | 200 | 221 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 235 | 132 | 51 | 135 | 94 | 70 | 45 | 29 | 238 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.