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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 Year ended 31st December, 1933.
| Notifiable: Disease. | Casks 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 & Kidrrookh.* | 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 | 396 | 3 | 98 | 234 | 45 | 15 | 1 | ... | 147 | 81 | 55 | 113 | 144 | 79 | 55 | 110 | 388 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 83 | ... | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 41 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 671 | 7 | 191 | 403 | 49 | 20 | 1 | ... | 266 | 216 | 83 | 106 | 257 | 211 | 83 | 104 | 655 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 1135 | 55 | 407 | 618 | 43 | 12 | ... | ... | 675 | 270 | 58 | 134 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 79 |
| Whooping Cough | 571 | 58 | 322 | 190 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 280 | 95 | 8 | 188 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 31 |
| Diarrhoea | 63 | 32 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | 7 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 116 | 1 | ... | 7 | 27 | 52 | 25 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 42 |
| ,, Non-Pulmonary | 27 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 164 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 48 | 40 | 23 | 80 | 36 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 93 |
| Totals | 3267 | 180 | 1069 | 1493 | 201 | 186 | 98 | 40 | 1595 | 769 | 244 | 659 | 565 | 362 | 161 | 275 | 1363 |
* Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.