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Greenwich 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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GASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1948.
| 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 and Kidbrooke | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | ||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 9 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 9 |
| Dysentery | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | ... | 27 | 39 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 22 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Scabies | 46 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ... | 19 | 10 | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ Pyrexia ......... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | 11 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Malaria (Induced) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 928 | 49 | 479 | 388 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | 383 | 174 | 47 | 324 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 |
| Whooping Cough | 385 | 43 | 221 | 119 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 206 | 73 | 15 | 91 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Diarrhoea | 23 | 18 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 32 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | ... | 10 | 6 | 1 | ... | 3 | 10 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 109 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 15 | ... | 16 | 39 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Totals | 1671 | 120 | 752 | 590 | 70 | 87 | 41 | 11 | 722 | 330 | 86 | 533 | 61 | 47 | 13 | 68 | 189 |
| NOTE :—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored, | |||||||||||||||||