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Greenwich 1957

[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, 1957.

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 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and overGreenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. NicholasCharltonand KldbrookeGreenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. NicholasCharltonand Kldbrooke
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Malaria1.................................1..............................1.........11
Small-Fox........................................................................................
Acute EncephalitisInfectious.......................................................................................
Post-Infectious.......................................................................................
Diphtheria.......................................................................................
Dysentery111111...1...231132...232.........911111......12
Erysipelas.......................................................................................
Acute Polio-MyelitisP....3.....................1...1.........1............11...111...13
N.P.42............112...1......1........................15......156
Scarlet Fever6537......44159381766111...............213015041...49
Paratyphoid Fever...2.....................2.......................................2.........22
Scabies22.........l.........12....................................4...............
Puerperal Pyrexia...4.................................4..................3......13......14
Meningococcal Infection11......11...................................................2.........22
Measles6305642319116124196150281256121111...31.........440123435882...31015
Whooping Cough48497391315171716..............................332892712...14
Diarrhoea571441...2....................................3......91.........1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...1...1...................................................1.....................
Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal1513......1...1...1......1113277126...121......156
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary4631..................1......21171413146632615432251210
„ Non Pulmonary...3.................................1...2............2......1...............
Totals82873032281351452281813432942224171620242413755441996075515963565

NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not oonfirmed have been ignored.