Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table III.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 18 | .. | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | Brook Hospital, Kidbrooke |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 22 | .. | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .. | 15 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 47 | — | 9 | 24 | 7 | 7 | — | 26 |