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Greenwich 1964
[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, 1964.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age & Sex Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | — | — | - | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| Infectious . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 40 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 P | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis p | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 28 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | — | _ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | _ | _ | _ | — | — |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 115 | 125 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 32 | 43 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 88 | 45 | 8 | 99 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | — |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 22 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 15 | 1 | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | _ | 6 | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | _ | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 9 |
| Totals | 225 | 242 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 35 | 29 | 23 | 35 | 60 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 160 | 84 | 16 | 207 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
NOTE:—The above Table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e. all cases in which diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored.