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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

Woolwich 1919

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich

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Table: TABLE IV.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1919.

TABLE IV.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1919.

Notifiable Diseases.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Mistaken Diagnosis.Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
Under 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwards
WestEast
Small-pox4......1...21.........4......4
Anthrax1............1.........1.........1
Cholera (C), Plague (P)..........................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)39857324451232...149108845724345
Erysipelas631259221681320228...8
Scarlet Fever243252155304......826241581200
Typhus Fever..........................................
Zymotic Enteritis12357438465...2328373518
Enteric Fever26...38582...17234223
Pneumonia12341217214717535431431......
Puerperal Fever7............7......13...3...5
Cerebro-Spinal Men.6...1...41......212115
Post Basic „11..................1...............
Poliomyelitis1......1...............1............
Encephalitis Lethargica3......3..................12......
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3434..................124810...9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis39418621071545751031179282...207
Other forms of „80210431573...14292413...22
Measles188614618123798......334635550367......
Malaria61.........14452...18221011......
Dysentery7............52...22...3......
Total3461121822178426934010718806107889268529837