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 I.—
Duration in 240 cases where the dates were ascertained:—
| Cases Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Recoveries 200. | 0 | 1 | 30 | 44 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Deaths 40. | 5 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Days' illness:— | ||||||||||||||
| Recoveries | 7281 days—200 cases | Average 36.4 days. | ||||||||||||
| Deaths | 566 ,, — 40 ,, | Average 14.1 „ | ||||||||||||
| Total | 7847 „ — 240 „ | Average 32.7 „ | ||||||||||||
| Duration in the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated:— | ||||||||||||||
| Recoveries. | Days illness. | No. of Cases. | Average duration. | |||||||||||
| Vaccinated | 5814 | 169 | 34.4 days. | |||||||||||
| Doubtful | 245 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Unvaccinated | 1222 | 23 | 53.1 days. | |||||||||||
| Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
| Vaccinated | 286 | 24 | 11.9 days. | |||||||||||
| Doubtful | 32 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Unvaccinated | 248 | 15 | 16.5 days. | |||||||||||