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Greenwich 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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PREVALENCE OF AMD CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
The total number of infectious diseases notified under
Section 144 of the Public Health Act, 1936; Section 192 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936: Section 26 of the Food
and Drugs Act, 1955 and associated Orders and Regulations
was 588. Under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1952 there were 60 notifications giving a consolidated
total of 648 cases notified during the year. In
two of these cases the diagnoses were not confirmed, thus
giving a corrected figure of 646.

Table: The following table shows the cases notified for the various diseases:-

The following table shows the cases notified for the various diseases:-

Measles306
Whooping Cough55
Pneumonia – (Acute Primary and Influenzal)...42
Paratyphoid Fever1
Scarlet Fever106
Erysipelas3
Zymotic Enteritis or Epidemic Diarrhoea – (Children under 5 years)9
Sonne Dysentery20
Scabies1
Puerperal Pyrexia1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1
Poliomyelitis1
Malaria1
Tuberculosis – Pulmonary55
– Non-pulmonary5
Food Poisoning39

Table: Tuberculosis The number of notified cases remaining on the Register at 31st December, 1958 was:-

Tuberculosis The number of notified cases remaining on the Register at 31st December, 1958 was:-

MenWomenBoysGirlsTOTAL
Pulmonary57549623201,114
Non-pulmonary234513788

Table: Mass Radiography The responsibility for this service rests with the South "East Metropolitan Hospital Board and the following is a summary of surveys carried out in the Borough during 1958:-

Mass Radiography The responsibility for this service rests with the South "East Metropolitan Hospital Board and the following is a summary of surveys carried out in the Borough during 1958:-

MenWomenTOTAL
Number x-rayed3,4832,0325,515
Number abnormal on Large film9226118
Cases considered tuberculous321042

Table: Verminous Conditions Treatment for all cases is carried out at the Tunnel Avenue Cleansing Station and the following table summarises work carried out during the year:-

Verminous Conditions Treatment for all cases is carried out at the Tunnel Avenue Cleansing Station and the following table summarises work carried out during the year:-

Attendances
VerminScabies
Adults26126
Children under school age2011
School children1639