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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 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1918
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The following table gives the deaths and death-rates per 1,000. population since the Borough was formed, compared with London.
| Woolwich | London Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | ||
| 1901-05 (averages | 34 | 0.28 | 0.35 |
| 1906-10 | 26 | 0.2l | 0.29 |
| 1911-15 | 17 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| 1916 | 34 | 0.25 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 10 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 29 | 0.20 | 0.43 |
The death-rate per 1,000 births was 11.2, oompared
with 11.1 and 3.7 in 1916 and 1917.
In 1913 an Order was issued by the Local Government
Board giving permission to the Asylums Board to admit to their
hospitals children under 14 suffering from whooping-cough, on
the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health.
Instructions printed on cards are left at houses where
cases are notified by sohool teachers. The instructions were
printed in the Annual Report for 1910.
SCARLET FEVER.
30. There were 217 oases of Scarlet Fever notified (deducting
5 cases of mistaken diagnosis) equivalent to a rate of 1.48
per 1.000 population. This compares with 0.99 in 1917, but is
otherwise the lowest rate recorded.
31, The following table shows the case-rates of scarlet
fever in the Borough and each Registration District during the
past eighteen years, compared with London:-
Average
| 1901 | 1906 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | -10 | |||||||||
| borough | 3.15 | 5.90 | 4.09 | 3.80 | 4.80 | 5.46 | 4.31 | 1.69 | 0.99 | 1.48 |
| Woolwich parish | 2.99 | 5.66 | 2.89 | 2.41 | 5.44 | 6.11 | 4.48 | 1.94 | 1.19 | 2.80 |
| Plumstead West | 3.24 | 6.33 | 3.77 | 4.96 | 4.68 | 5.45 | 4.0 | 1.30 | 0.84 | 1.25 |
| East | 7.51 | 4.88 | 5.11 | 4.18 | 6.55 | 1.98 | 0.74 | 0.99 | ||
| Eltham parish | 3.21 | 4.94 | 2.09 | 2.64 | 4.36 | 7.45 | 3.85 | 1.67 | 1.38 | 1.18 |
| London County | 3.57 | 4.22 | 2.32 | 1.76 | 3.89 | 5.53 | 3.94 | 2.06 | 1.52 | 1.70 |