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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 31.
| Year. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. | Percentage removed to Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||
| 1901 | 2.55 | 2.63 | 3.42 | 2.64 | 85 | |
| 1902 | 2.49 | 1.88 | 2.45 | 2.14 | 86 | |
| 1903 | 3.05 | 3.19 | 3.40 | 3.16 | 84 | |
| 1904 | 3.76 | 4.08 | 1.44 | 3.75 | 84 | |
| 1905 | 310 | 4.42 | 5.34 | 4.07 | 80 | |
| 1906 | 3.83 | 4.22 | 4.71 | 4.15 | 78 | |
| 1907 | 610 | 8.56 | 9.65 | 7.91 | 85 | |
| 1909 | 3.85 | 5.22 | 3.94 | 4.67 | 80 | |
| 1909 | 10.40 | 8.38 | 6.47 | 4.04 | 7.77 | 92 |
| 1910 | 8.46 | 3.94 | 5.94 | 1.64 | 3.94 | 80 |
| 1911 | 2.89 | 3.77 | 7.51 | 2.09 | 4.09 | 79 |
| 1912 | 2.41 | 4.96 | 4.88 | 2.64 | 3.80 | 89 |
| 1913 | 5.44 | 4.68 | 5.11 | 4.36 | 4.80 | 89 |
| 1914 | 6.11 | 5.45 | 4.18 | 7.45 | 5.46 | 88 |
| 1915 | 4.48 | 400 | 6.55 | 3.85 | 4.31 | 85 |
| 1916 | 1.94 | 1.30 | 1.98 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 90 |
| 1917 | 1.19 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 1.38 | 0.99 | 85 |
| 1918 | 2.80 | 1.25 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 85 |
| 1919 | 2.62 | 1.55 | 1.12 | 2.06 | 1.78 | 82 |
Diphtheria.
60. Notifications. During the year 398 cases of Diphtheria
were notified, as compared with 208 in 1918, and 277 in 1917.
61. Isolation. Of these, 345 were removed to hospital, giving
a percentage rate of 87.0. As in Scarlet Fever, this is the lowest
percentage recorded for the last six years, and it is due to the
same cause. No untoward effects of home isolation were noted.
Cases of diphtheria are removed to hospital for two reasons (a)
treatment, (6) isolation. The lack of sufficient accommodation
during the latter months of the year was therefore of more
serious import than in the case of scarlet fever.
Eleven certificates of home isolation were issued to enable
Arsenal employees to resume work.