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Greenwich 1954

[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, 1954.

Notifiable DiseaseCases Notified in Whole DistrictTotal Cases Notified in each LocalityNo. of Cases removed to Hospital from each LocalityTotal
Age & Sex Group
At all Ages0 to 11 to 33 to 6a to io10 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and overGreenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. NicholasCharlton and KidbrookeGreenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. NicholasCharlton and Kidbrooke
MfMfMfMFMfMfMFMfMfMf
Malaria422444
Small-Fox..........................................................................................
Acute Encephalitis jInfectious
Post-Infectious..........................................................................................
Diphtheria1.....................1.............................................111
Dysentery27431......210133...io422221255...1918
Erysipelas14....................................3231......12
Acute Polio-MyelitisP1?..................11.....................12......23
N.P2.....................1...........................2......22
Scarlet Fever3732...............521254...........................18152343...128
Enteric Fever1........................1...........................11.........1
Scabies32........................1...12...............3l1.........
Puerperal Pyrexia3....................................1..................22.........3
Meningococcal Infection41.........1......2.................................313...1...4
Measles ..15131...342594........................6102101.........i
Whooping Cough114109792629342841405...........................113a \j 3710633...3413
Diarrhoea69352311...........................7623...6110
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111.................................11......11
Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal88.........1...11...2...2...141111718............
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary5043.........1......1122...71520181742321464164...819
Non Pulmonary76......21......2.........1213162551511
Totals2802771415394253448886198163024372313422221042920233151340101
NOTE :—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.