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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.—Statistics.
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Population—Sex and Age Distribution 9
Births 11
Deaths—Infant Mortality 14
Zymotic Death Rate 15
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 16
Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 12
Small-pox and Vaccination 17
Measles and Closure of Infant Classes 20
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases 21
Diphtheria—Bacteriological Examination, Antitoxin 23
Whooping Cough 15
Enteric Fever—Prevalence at Eltham, Shell Fish 24
Enteric Fever—Bacteriological diagnosis 27
Diarrhoea —Infant Feeding 27
Erysipelas 29
Puerperal Fever 29
Influenza 29
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 29
Phthisis—Voluntary Notification, Bacteriological diagnosis 30
phthisis—Preventive measures 32
Cancer 33
Alcoholism 33
Meteorology 35