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

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1949]
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    65 Erysipelas.—Twenty-two notifications, of which 3 were not confirmed, were received, as compared with 22 in 1947. There were no fatalities. Zymotic Enteritis or Epidemic Diarrhoea (Children under 5 years of age).—Originally 32 cases were notified, but this figure was modified and 23 were recorded as confirmed compared with 26 verified cases in the previous year. Of the 23 cases for 1948, 18 were under 1 and 5 between 1 and 5 years. Three deaths occurred among the 22 cases removed to hospital. Dysentery.—Five cases were notified during the year. There were 4 and 8 respectively in the years 1947 and 1946. Scabies.—The Scabies Order, 1941, and Defence Regulation 33A, which were introduced as an emergency wartime measure to combat an exceptional increase in Scabies, were rescinded by the Ministry of Health on 31st December, 1947. The disease continues to be notifiable under the County of London (Scabies) Regulations, 1943. Forty-six cases were notified during the year under review as compared with 83 in 1947 and 179 in 1946. Nineteen cases occurred in East Greenwich, 10 in West Greenwich, 7 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 10 in Charlton and Kidbrooke. School children receive treatment for this disease at the Tunnel Avenue Centre, whilst adults and children under school age are accommodated at St. Alfege's Hospital Centre. Puerperal Fever.—Originally notifiable under Section 304 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, the notification of this disease was discontinued in August, in accordance with the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1948. Up to this time three patients were reported as suffering from this disease, all of whom received hospital treatment. There were no cases in 1947 and one for 1946. Puerperal Pyrexia.—There were 11 cases attributed to this disease as compared with 8 for the previous year and 16 for 1946. All patients received treatment in hospital. There were no deaths.