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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1969
[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, 1969
| 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 & 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 | ||||
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-Infectious | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 38 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 17 | 52 | |
| Infective Jaundice | 11 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 16 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N.P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 19 | |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 7 | |
| Measles | 553 | 527 | 23 | 24 | 62 | 61 | 89 | 67 | 84 | 85 | 90 | 88 | 186 | 184 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 427 | 653 | |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 15 | |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Leptispiros | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 24 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Totals | 661 | 628 | 27 | 28 | 65 | 66 | 94 | 76 | 91 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 222 | 208 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 494 | 795 | |
NOTE:—The above table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e., all cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored