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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 30th December, 1939
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | CASBS NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT | TOTAL CASKS NOTIFIED IN EACH LOCALITY | No.of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages — Years | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke (H) | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke (H) | |||||||||
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 465 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 121 | 3 | 36 | 63 | 11 | 7 | 1 | ... | 39 | 21 | 4 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 57 | 118 |
| Dysentery | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 40 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 144 | ... | 49 | 68 | 19 | 8 | ... | 34 | 51 | 15 | 44 | 34 | 46 | 15 | 39 | 134 | |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 5 | 5 | 2 | ... | 5 | 12 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 44 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 524 | 63 | 275 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 216 | 135 | 38 | 135 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 46 |
| Diarrhoea | 60 | 34 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | :... | 29 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 90 | ... | ... | 2 | 32 | 39 | 17 | ... | 28 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 13 | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 138 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 31 | 16 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 87 |
| TOTALS | 1216 | 120 | 417 | 365 | 108 | 111 | 71 | 24 | 459 | 282 | 92 | 383 | 181 | 120 | 41 | 195 | 537 |
(H) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the London County Council, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.