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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1938.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases Notified in Whole District | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages — Years | |||||||||||||||||
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton andKidbrooke (H) | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charltonand Kidbrooke (H) | ||
| Small-Fox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 244 | 5 | 65 | 142 | 22 | 8 | 2 | ... | 80 | 61 | 26 | 77 | 76 | 60 | 26 | 77 | 239 |
| Membranous Croup | 9 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 48 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 161 | ... | 60 | 71 | 18 | 11 | 1 | ... | 43 | 38 | 16 | 64 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 61 | 149 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | ... | 6 | 5 | 2 | ... | 4 | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 23 | ... | ... | 10 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 1930 | 63 | 949 | 888 | 23 | 7 | ... | ... | 808 | 401 | 137 | 584 | 69 | 57 | 22 | 31 | 179 |
| Whooping Cough | 129 | 14 | 70 | 44 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 26 | 39 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ... | 12 |
| Diarrhoea | 114 | 80 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | 40 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | ... | 5 | 38 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 122 | ... | 1 | 4 | 41 | 52 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 50 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 66 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 30 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 92 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 53 |
| Totals | 2963 | 183 | 1215 | 1187 | 147 | 152 | 62 | 17 | 1133 | 677 | 217 | 936 | 274 | 236 | 89 | 252 | 851 |
| (H) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke. | |||||||||||||||||