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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 1952
[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, 1952.
| Notifiable Disease | Casks Notified in Whole District | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age & Sex Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At all Ages | 0 to 1 | 1 to 3 | 3 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. .Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | m | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Acute Encephalitis | Infectious | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| Post-Infectious | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | |
| Dysentery | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | 20 | 21 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 8 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 8 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 |
| N.P | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 116 | 96 | ... | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 70 | 57 | 14 | 12 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76 | 58 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 49 | |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Scabies | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 35 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Measles | 480 | 438 | 18 | 11 | 113 | 89 | 105 | 102 | 237 | 223 | 4 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 353 | 151 | 25 | 3 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 23 | |
| Whooping Cough | 96 | 94 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63 | 12 | 13 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 11 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 11 | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 56 | 45 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | ... | 33 | 18 | 3 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 20 | |||
| „ Non Pulmonary | 10 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 805 | 760 | 29 | 27 | 159 | 128 | 153 | 148 | 352 | 322 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 41 | 35 | 55 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 571 | 256 | 52 | 686 | 70 | 28 | 12 | 96 | 206 | |
NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.