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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XI.Table of Population, Births and Infectious Disease Cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1898,in the Urban Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to diseases, ages, etc.

TABLE XI.

Table of Population, Births and Infectious Disease Cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health, during the year1898,in the Urban Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to diseases, ages, etc.

District.Disease.Population.Registered Births.Age under 5 or over 5 years.Number Notified.Number removed to Hospital.
January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.
Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1898.
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.Small PoxUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 5..............................................................................
CholeraUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 5..............................................................................
DiphtheriaUnder 5...121...1.........12412......21...1.........1118
Over 523...112......32432122...112......224319
Membranous CroupUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 5..............................................................................
ErysipelasUnder 5...1...11.....................3.......................................
Over 5...............3212...1211...............1..................1
Scarlatina1935519310522Under 523323211135262332321......13......
Over 5812531522881863810531522781658
TyphusUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 5..............................................................................
TyphoidUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 51...............1......2...271............1.........2...26
PuerperalUnder 5...........................................................................
Over 51.........1.....................2.......................................
Continued FeverUnder 5..............................................................................
Over 5..............................................................................