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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 1962
[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, 1962.
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Dysentery | 16 | 13 | - | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | -- | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| N.P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 20 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scabies | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 23 | 34 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 10 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | - | — | - | - | - | |
| Dphthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 23 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 96 | 88 | - | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 53 | 33 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |
NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.