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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| 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 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 33 | 22 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 47 | |
| Infective Jaundice | 19 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | - | - | 22 | 15 | |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| N.P. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningitis | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| Measles | 231 | 255 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 19 | 27 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 95 | 97 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 144 | 342 | |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 16 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | 22 | |
| Malaria | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Leptospirosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 22 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 32 | |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Totals | 352 | 356 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 127 | 125 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 215 | 493 | |
NOTE:—The above table refers to "Corrected Notifications" only, i.e., all cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed have been ignored