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Woolwich 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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For the past eight years the birth-rate has been as follows:—

189331.3
189430.5
189530.9
189630.5
189731.5
189830.2
189930.3
190028.2

Marriages.
There have been 589 marriages registered during
the year; in the first quarter 140, in the second 132, in the third
162, and in the fourth 155.

During the year 307 cases of infectious disease

have been notified as follows (this number not including two second notifications):—

Dockyard Sub-District.Arsenal Sub-District.Total.
Small-pox22
Scarlet Fever6173134
Typhus
Relapsing Fever
Diphtheria4660106
Membranous Croup101
Continued Fever
Typhoid or Enteric Fever22123
Cholera
Erysipelas132639
Puerperal Fever22
Totals125182307

Of these 307 cases 224 were removed to Hospital as follows:—

Dockyard Sub-District.Arsenal Sub-District.Total.
Small-pox22
Scarlet Fever5460114
Diphtheria424587
Membranous Croup
Typhoid or Enteric Fever21517
Erysipelas314
Puerperal Fever
Totals103121224