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Greenwich 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1966

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1966

Notifiable DiseaseCases Notified in Whole DistrictTotal Cases Notified in each Locality
Age & Sex Group
At all Ages0 to 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 & overGreenwichWoolwich
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Small-Pox----------------------------
Acute EncephalitisInfectious----------------------------
Post-lnfectious(a)2---------------1-1-------1-
Diphtheria----------------------------
Dysentery (b)46462-15628222121221-391242-520272317
Erysipelas33-------------1--1-22----33
Acute Polio-MyelitisP----------------------------
N.P----------------------------
Scarlet Fever (c)2023----31-1629141311-1----461517
Typhoid Fever-1--1---------------------1
Paratyphoid Fever (d)11--------------11----------
Puerperal Pyrexia (e)-83---------------36-46-1---13-46
Meningococcal Infection-2-----1-----1-------------2
Measles (f)628622282678687094859199922572377643-5----158166467455
Whooping Cough (g)51455786637996141212--1-----23212623
Malaria (h)1-------------------1-------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2323----------------------23
Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal14163-11--1----1--1-24234748108
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary4423--------1--111-416101651021782715
„ Non-Pulmonary36----------1----1131--21224
Totals81587440368881851011011031171022932781214849318126131416227251576594

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NOTE:—The above table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e., all cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored
(a) Of this total 1 hospitalised within Greenwich but resident outside the Borough
(b „ „ „ 5 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(c) „ „ „ 1 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(d) „ „ „ 2 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(e) „ „ „ 24 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(f) „ „ „ 4 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(g) „ „ „ 3 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „
(h) „ „ „ 1 ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ „