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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 1959
[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, 1959.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District Age & Sex Group | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | 0 to 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | Total | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | m | F | m | F | m | F | m | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||
| Malaria | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 114 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 41 | 151 | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis P | - | 2 | -- | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | l | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| N.P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | -_ | -_ | - | 13 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | -- | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 338 | 299 | 18 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 35 | 153 | 132 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 218 | 162 | 15 | 242 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 5 | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 27 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 10 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 569 | 533 | 28 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 40 | 63 | 61 | 50 | 53 | 227 | 189 | 26 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 308 | 218 | 77 | 499 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 39 |
NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.