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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| West Plumstead | East Plumstead | West Plumstead | East Plumstead | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | Over 15. | ||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 237 | 3 | 94 | 120 | 20 | 68 | 169 | 62 | 155 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | 73 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 21 | 52 | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 300 | 2 | 90 | 173 | 35 | 55 | 245 | 47 | 199 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 39 | .. | 1 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 27 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 658 | 10 | 189 | 311 | 148 | 153 | 505 | 110 | 393 |
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Notes.—The localities adopted for this table should be the same as those in Tables II. and IV.
State the name of the isolation hospital, if any, used by the sick of the district. Mark (H) the locality in
which it is situated, or if not within the district state where it is situated and in what district.