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Greenwich 1965
[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, 1965.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole District | Total Cases Notified in 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 | Woolwich | ||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| N.P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 52 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 15 | 39 | 37 | |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scabies | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 130* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | _ | 89 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 26 | _ | 72 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Measles | 1364 | 1244 | 46 | 46 | 153 | 140 | 161 | 182 | 197 | 175 | 223 | 185 | 551 | 489 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 505 | 427 | 859 | 817 | |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 47 | — | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 11 | 25 | 12 | 22 | |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal | 16 | 24 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | — | — | 16 | 24 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 40 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 12 | _ | 14 | 8 | 26 | 8 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | |
| Totals | 1532 | 1547 | 51 | 60 | 162 | 149 | 167 | 189 | 205 | 189 | 226 | 198 | 603 | 535 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 59 | 22 | 111 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 564 | 516 | 968 | 999 | |
*Of this total 32 were hospitalised within Greenwich but came from residences outside the Borough
NOTE:—The above table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e., all cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored