Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 48.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the year 1925, shewing the Case Rate per 1,000 Population.
Diseases. | Borough. | Total Cases notified in each locality. | Case rates, per 1,000 Population. | |||||||
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Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||
West. | East. | West. | East. | |||||||
Diphtheria | 299 | 109 | 62 | 77 | 51 | 2.12 | 3.35 | 1.52 | 2.16 | 1.60 |
Scarlet Fever | 364 | 90 | 70 | 95 | 109 | 2.59 | 2.77 | 1.71 | 2.67 | 3.42 |
Enteric Fever | 16 | 4 | .. | 5 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.12 | .. | 0.14 | 0.22 |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
Erysipelas | 44 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
Pneumonia | 277 | 98 | 74 | 62 | 43 | 1.97 | 3.02 | 1.81 | 1.74 | 1.35 |
Malaria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 31 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 0.01 | .. | .. | 0.03 | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 0.01 | 0.03 | .. | .. | .. |
Zymotic Enteritis | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 246 | 65 | 79 | 65 | 37 | 1.75 | 2.00 | 1.93 | 1.83 | 1.16 |
Tuberculosis (Non-pulmonary) | 54 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.73 | 0.22 |
Measles (including German Measles) | 1916 | 386 | 380 | 476 | 674 | 13.61 | 11.87 | 9.31 | 13.37 | 21.18 |
3291 | 793 | 712 | 834 | 952 | 23.37 | 24.40 | 17.44 | 23.43 | 26.20 |