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Greenwich 1963
[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, 1963.
| Notificable Diseases | Cases Notified in Whole Districts | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality | No of removed to hospital from each locality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Sex Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At All Ages | 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | Greenwhich East | Greenwhich West | St. Nicholas | Charlton and Kidbrooke | Greenwhich East | Greenwhich 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 Encephalities Infectious | 1 | 1* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1* | _ | _ | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 159 | 157 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 78 | M | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 119 | 32 | 112 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| N.P. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 19 | _ | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | _ | _ | — | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 8 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scabies | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | |
| Measles | 439 | 486 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 68 | 47 | 72 | 60 | 73 | 61 | 61 | 183 | 191 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 321 | 212 | ?n | 372 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 24 | 1 | 2 | _ | 4 | 3 | 3 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 18 | 2 | 10 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Diarrhoea | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2. | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 22 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 2 | 3 | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | —- | — | 1 | 1 | — | l | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Totals | 661 | 700 | 26 | 17 | 74 | 78 | 63 | 87 | 77 | 84 | 76 | 73 | 242 | 268 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 392 | 377 | 61 | 530 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
| NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored. * Deptford case in Greenwich Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||