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Greenwich 1947

[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, 1947.
Notifiable
Disease.
Cases Notified in Whole District
Total Cases Notified
in each Locality
No. of Cues removed to Hospital
from each Locality
At Ages — Years
At all Ages
Under 1
1 to 5
6 to 15
15 to 25
25 to 45
45 to 65
65 and
upwards
Greenwich
East
Greenwich
West
St.
Nicholas
Charlton
and
Kidbrooke
Greenwich
East
Greenwich
West
St.
Nicholas
Charlton
and
Kidbrooke
Total
Small-Pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Encephalitis Lethargica
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
Diphtheria
7
...
3
1
...
3
...
...
1
1
...
5
1
1
...
5
5
Dysentery
4
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
3
...
1
...
3
4
Erysipelas
21
1
...
1
...
6
6
...
10
2
3
6
4
2
1
3
10
Acute Polio-Myelitis
*15
...
2
9
1
2
1
...
3
6
2
4
3
6
2
4
15
Scarlet Fever
147
...
34
100
9
4
...
...
61
27
7
52
26
9
3
17
55
Enteric Fever
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
2
Scabies
83
3
6
21
19
25
7
...
24
28
4
27
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pyrexia
8
...
...
...
4
4
...
...
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
3
7
Cerobro-Spinal Fever
6
2
2
1
...
1
...
...
2
1
...
3
1
...
...
3
4
Malaria
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Measles
273
24
135
99
13
2
...
...
126
28
8
111
4
3
1
9
17
Whooping Cough
208
24
108
74
...
2
...
...
77
62
6
63
1
5
2
8
16
Diarrhoea
26
17
9
...
...
...
...
...
7
10
2
7
7
8
2
3
20
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
5
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
4
...
...
...
4
4
Pneumonia, Acute Primary or
Acute Influenzal
72
4
2
11
7
25
17
6
29
14
1
28
18
13
1
17
49
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
122
...
10
6
32
47
22
5
37
25
9
51
11
15
4
23
53
„ Non-Pulmonary
12
...
2
4
3
3
...
...
3
1
1
7
2
1
...
5
8
Totals
1013
80
317
328
88
126
54
20
384
209
45
375
81
67
17
108
273
* Excludes case age 34 years admitted to Park Hospital, Hither Green, but notified in year 1948.
NOTE:-The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all oases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored,