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Greenwich 1968

[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, 1968

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1968

Notifiable DiseaseCases Notified in Whole DistrictTotal Cases Notified in each Locality
Age & Sex Group
At all Ages0to11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 & overGreenwichWoolwich
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Small-Pox----------------------------
Acute EncephalitisInfectious----------------------------
Post-Infectious----------------------------
Diphtheria-—--—----------------—------
Dysentery (a)202911113131-1391124361123451622
Erysipelas73-------------1--2-421-3-43
Acute Polio-MyelitisP----------------------------
N.P. (b)-1——-——-———1—-——-—-—------_-
Scarlet Fever5254--2114610842729342131--—-19233331
Enteric Fever----------------------------
Malaria1--—--—--—--------1-----1---
Puerperal Pyrexia (c)-72—--------------15-57-----9-30
Meningococcal Infection13-1-1----------1--1----1--3
Measles (d)16814471027172425182027115756433111----3531131113
Whooping Cough56642784812512136172032---1----20183646
Infective Jaundice (e)1414--------2-47323223----24109
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111---------------------11-
Pneumonia, Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal2435--1-11----2---1_--681326771728
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary2719---------123123166115411031716
„ Non-Pulmonary98-----------12—34321--13464
Totals3804471120392437433243502411212517151828217823162031105105271305

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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 2 hospitalised within Greenwich but resident outside the Borough
(b) „ „ „ 1 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
(c) „ „ „ 33 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
(d) „ „ „ 2 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
(e) „ „ „ 3 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „