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Woolwich 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following table gives the death rate per 1,000 population from Measles, in each of Woolwich and Plumstead parishes, during the last twelve years.
| Years, | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| 1890 | 50 | 1.22 | 33 | 0.63 |
| 1891 | 26 | 0.63 | 33 | 0.62 |
| 1892 | 16 | 0.39 | 19 | 0.35 |
| 1893 | 14 | 0.34 | 47 | 0.84 |
| 1894 | 39 | 0.95 | 20 | 0.35 |
| 1895 | 6 | 0 14 | 24 | 0.41 |
| 1896 | 72 | 1.75 | 68 | 1.14 |
| 1897 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 53 | 1.27 | 59 | 0.94 |
| 1899 | 13 | 0.32 | 3 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 29 | 0.69 | 46 | 0.68 |
| 1901 | 11 | 0.26 | 11 | 0.13 |
Scarlet Fever.
35. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified during
the year, viz., 311, is the smallest during the last ten years.
There were 106 cases in Woolwich Parish, 180 in Plumstead,
and 25 in Eltham. The rates per 1,000 population were 2 64
in the Borough, 2 55 in Woolwich Parish, 2.63 in Plumstead,
and 3.42 in Eltham. The occurrence rate of Scarlet Fever in
Plumstead suddenly rose from 11 in 1891 to 10.8 in 1892; it
continued above 5 5 till 1899, when it was 10.9; it came down
to 4.4 in 1900 and to 2.63 in 1901. Table III. gives the age
distribution and the number occurring in each Ward. It is
seen that the cases were pretty evenly distributed in the
different Wards.
36. There were only 5 deaths, 3 in Woolwich and 2 in
Plumstead. The case Mortality—i.e. deaths per 100 cases—