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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 December, 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. | 05 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 161 | ... | 35 | 96 | 22 | 8 | ... | ... | 82 | 32 | 13 | 34 | 81 | 31 | 13 | 34 | 159 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 26 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ... | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 258 | 3 | 70 | 162 | 20 | 3 | ... | ... | 84 | 100 | 31 | 43 | 82 | 99 | 31 | 42 | 254 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 400 | 14 | 201 | 183 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 337 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 4 | 18 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 9 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | |
| Diarrhoea | 11 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 21 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ... | 12 | 9 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 29 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | |
| Totals | 950 | 33 | 330 | 460 | 58 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 562 | 181 | 56 | 151 | 183 | 144 | 49 | 93 | 469 | |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.