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 III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total cases notified in each locality. | No. of cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | River. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's | St. George's | Bui rage | St. Margaret's | Herbert | Glyndon | Central | St. Nicholas' | Eltham | River | Dockyard | St. Mary's | St. George's | Burrage | St. Margaret's | Herbert | Glyndon | Central | St. Nicholas' | Eltham | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | 21 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 216 | 4 | 66 | 97 | 30 | 19 | .. | 29 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 25 | .. | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | .. | 21 | 30 | 24 | 10 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 311 | 4 | 98 | 159 | 44 | 6 | .. | 32 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 40 | 17 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 68 | .. | 3 | 17 | 22 | 26 | .. | 12 | 6 | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 11 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 697 | 10 | 170 | 287 | 113 | 110 | 7 | 88 | 47 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 76 | 39 | 63 | 76 | 93 | 66 | 65 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 44 | 56 | 13 | 47 | 60 | 78 | 38 |