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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Year appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Year, appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Year, appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Disease. | Rate of Payment. |
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Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1932. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1934, in Columns I., II., IV. and V. of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:— | ||||
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Col. I. | Col. II. | Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declaration of Conscientious Objection has been received. | Col. V. | |||
Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Died Unvaccinated. | |||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. |
Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By Whom Provided. | Sessions Weekly. |
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Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By Whom Provided. | Sessions Weekly. |
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Premises. | Number of | |||||||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Nature of Work. | Instances. | Notices Served. | Prosecutions. |
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Sun Street. | Sun Street (Infectious). | Eltham. | All Mortuaries. | ||
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Number of Bodies Received :— | 1932 | 1933 |
Number of Interments. | |||
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1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
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Premises. | On Register 31st December. | Number of | Legal Proceedings. | |
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Inspections. | Notices. |
No. |
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Situation of Cowhouse. | No. of Sheds. | No. of Cows. | Licencee. |
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Month. | Cattle. | Sheep and Lambs. | Pigs. | Calves. | Total. |
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Situation of Slaughterhouse. | Owner. |
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No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Result. |
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Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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Age Periods. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
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Premises. | Action Taken. | Date. |
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Date of Meeting. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | |
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West. | East. |
Premises. | Accommodation Men. |
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Centre. | No. on Roll of Centre. | No. of Attendances. | ||||
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Mothers. | Children. | Mothers. | Children | |||
Expectant | Nursing. | Expectant | Nursing. |
Year of Birth. | Town Hall. | Plum stead. | Eltham. | New Eltham. | Slade. | St. Luke's. | N.Woolwich. | Beresford St. | Totals. |
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Method of Feeding. | AGE IN MONTHS. | |||||||||||||
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0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-7 | 8-9 | Total | 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | Grand Total |
Brought forward from 1933 | New Cases. | Total. | Much Improved or Cured | Improved. | I.S.Q. | Ceased Treatment. | Treatment not yet complete |
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Disease, Defect or Condition. | BOYS. Age last Birthday. | GIRLS. Age last Birthday. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Disease, Defect or Condition. | BOYS. Age last Birthday. | GIRLS. Age last Birthday. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Disease, Defect or Condition. | BOYS. Ago last Birthday. | GIRLS. Age last Birthday. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total. |
Brewer Street. | Eltham Health Centre. | Plumstead. |
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Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5. | ||||
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No. | Attendances. | No. | Attendances. | No. | Attendances. |
Type of Case. | Number remaining over from 1932. | New Cases. | Total Cases. | Number who completed treatment by end of year. | Number with treatment not completed. |
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Under 1 year. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- |
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Nature of Infringement. | No. |
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Name of Association. | Services in respect of which contribution is payable. | Amount of annual contribution to be paid by the London County Council. |
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Diseases | Total Cases Notified. | Admissions to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
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Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | §Puerperal Pyrexia. | Pneumonia Primary. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Anthrax. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Cerebrospinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis. | ‡Zymotic Enteritis. | *Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | *Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | †Measles. | *Chicken Pox. |
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Diseases | Borough. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
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Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 3 years. | 3 and under 4 years. | 4 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 10 years. | 10 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 20 years. | 20 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and over. |
Diseases. | Number of Deaths. Age Groups. | |||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 5— | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
Number of Houses in which | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | Total Houses. | Total Cases |
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Number of Houses in which | Dockyard | St Mary's | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | Total Houses. | Total Cases. |
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No. in Register | Date Admitted to Hospital. | Date Discharged. | Total Days in Hospital. | Onset of Secondary Case. | Remarks on Primary Case. |
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No. in Register | Date Admitted to Hospital. | Date Discharged. | Total Days in Hospital. | Onset of Secondary Case. | Remarks on Primary Case. |
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No. | Date Notified. | Sex. | Age. | Diagnosis. | Final Diagnosis. | Remarks. |
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No. | Date Notified. | Sex. | Age. | Ultimate Diagnosis. | Remarks. |
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Date Notified. | Cases Treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindnness. | Deaths. | |
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Home. | Hospital. |
Month. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Type. | No. of Deaths. | ||||
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Lobar. | Broncho. | Influenzal. | Acute Primary (not specified) | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. |
Year. | Deaths. | Death-Rates. | ||||
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All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
Case No. | Date Notified as Tuberculosis. | Cause of Death. |
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Pulmonary. | Percentage. | Non-Pulmonary. | Percentage. |
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Year. | Lungs. | Meninges. | Intestines and Peritoneum. | Glands. | Joints. | Spine. | Other Forms. | All Causes. |
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Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. |
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Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Totals. | |||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Special Hospitals. | Sanatoria. | Public General Hospitals. | Training Colonies. |
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Year. | Children. | Adults. | Grand Total. | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Wards | Population |
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Occupations. | Males. | Females. |
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Occupations. | Males. | Females. |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||
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Nett. | Under 1 year. | At all Ages. | |||||
Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
Wards. | Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1. | Deaths at all Ages | |||
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Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. |
Year. | No. of Births. | No. of Live Births. Notified. | No. of Still-Births. | Percentage of Births Notified. | Birth Rate. | ||
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Woolwich. | London. | England and Wales. |
Hospitals or Institutions | Number of Deaths |
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Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 yrs.). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
Live Births. | Still-Births. |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under I year. | 1 and under two years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||||||||
All Causes | 1634 | 116 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 77 | 70 | 101 | 159 | 281 | 336 | 414 | 530 | 153 | 400 |
Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | |
All Causes | 834 | 800 | 93 | 69 | 156 | 62 | 1ll | 114 | 110 | 135 | 122 | 151 | 110 | 125 | 119 | 157 |
Year. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other Respiratory. | Total. | Death-Rate. | Number under 5 years. | Percentage under 5 years. |
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Year. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Rate. | Percentage of Total Deaths. |
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Seat of Primary Disease. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Deaths in Hospital. |
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Year. | Abortion. | Ectopic Gestation | Placenta Praevia. | Other Puerperal Haemorrhage. | Other Accidents of Child Birth. | Child Birth with Secondary Causes. | Puerperal Eclampsia | Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
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Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhœal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
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Period | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarr-hœal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
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Births | Deaths under 1 year | Rate |
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Hospitals or Institutions | Number of deaths |
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Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1 month and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total deaths under 1 year. |
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Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
Week ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. | Average temperature 4 feet below ground. | Number of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches. | ||
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Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean temperature. |
Week ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. | Average temperature 4 feet below ground. | Number of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches. | ||
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Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean temperature. |