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 XIV.
Return of Persons admitted into the Temporary Shelter (162, Samuel Street) during the Years
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900.
Table XIV.
Return of Persons admitted into the Temporary Shelter (162, Samuel Street) during the Years 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900.
Nature of Disease. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Families | Persons | Families | Persons | Families | Persons | Families | Persons | Families | Persons | Families | Persons | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 7 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 8 |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 14 | 45 | 13 | 40 | 25 | 88 | 27 | 81 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 15 |
Two of these cases were admitted to the new shelter in Sun Street.
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