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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 1899

The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899

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Table: TABLE XV.Table of Population, Births and Infectious Disease Cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1899,in the Sanitary District of Moolwich, classified according to diseases, ages, etc.

TABLE XV.

Table of Population, Births and Infectious Disease Cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1899,in the Sanitary District of Moolwich, classified according to diseases, ages, etc.

District.Disease.Population.Registered Births.Age under 5 or over 5 years.Number Notified.Number removed to Hospital.
Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1899.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.Small-Pox1935519153531Under 5 Over 5...........................................................................
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Scarlet FeverUnder 5 Over 5536...6212......2330236...6212......2226
71083664456336569725642552255
TyphusUnder 5 Over 5..............................................................................
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Relapsing FeverUnder 5 Over 5..............................................................................
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DiphtheriaUnder 5 Over 531......2...6...232...193.........2...6...232...18
441...115...27212833......115...272...24
Membranous CroupUnder 5 Over 5.....................1............1.......................................
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Continued FeverUnder 5 Over 5..............................................................................
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Typhoid or Enteric FeverUnder 5 Over 5...........................2......2...........................2......2
1...............1...1162121...............1......16110
CholeraUnder 5 Over 5..............................................................................
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ErysipelasUnder 3 Over 5.........1........................1.......................................
...12...1...1...121110.......................................
Puerperal FeverUnder 5 Over 5..............................................................................
...1............1............13...1...........................12
TotalsUnder 5 Over 58461827325435353608272254246
12l6113871249161281181013726710271310491