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

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1949]
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    66 Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Two notifications were received during the year : one case was admitted to the White Oak Hospital, Swanley, whilst the remaining case was treated at home. Both cases occurred in East Greenwich and were followed up by the Health Visitor and kept under observation until full recovery. Neither case proved to be of venereal type, nor were any permanent effects reported. There were five cases during 1947. Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—During 1948 four cases were notified as compared with 7 for the previous year and 5 for 1946. All the patients received hospital treatment. There were no deaths. Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis.—Of the five confirmed cases of the disease, one notification referred to a case which occurred in the latter part of December, 1947. There were two cases in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich, and 2 in Charlton and Kidbrooke. There were no deaths. In 1947 there were 16 confirmed cases with two deaths. Tuberculosis.—With the coming into effect, on 5th July, 1948, of the National Health Service Act, 1946, the main duties of the Council passed to the London County Council and the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The responsibility for notification, disinfection, etc., remains with the Sanitary Authority. During the year 124 cases of Tuberculosis were notified in the Borough, 10 less than 1947. Of this number 109 were of the pulmonary type, ordinarily known as consumption, and 15 were non-pulmonary, i.e. tuberculosis of parts of the body other than the lungs. The following table gives the distribution :— East Greenwich West Greenwich St. Nicholas, Deptford Charlton and Kidbrooke Totals Pulmonary 41 24 5 39 109 Non Pulmonary 3 3 1 8 15 Total 44 27 6 47 124