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Woolwich 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Slade, 29; Burrage Grove, 23; St. Mary's, 20; and smaller
numbers from 13 other schools.
27. The following classes or class-rooms of the infant
departments of elementary schools were closed during a period
of three weeks for the prevention of Measles:—Conway Road,
rooms A and B; Mulgrave Place, room C; Central Schools,
infant department; Slade School, room A; Plum Lane, room
B; Burrage Grove, rooms C and B; Earl Street, rooms B, E
and G; Vicarage Road, infant department; Elizabeth Street,
infant department; Central School, infant department;
Wickham Lane, room A; Christchurch, infant department;
Greening Street, room A. The class-rooms closed were chiefly
those containing the younger children, most of them under
six years of age, so that the interference with education was
not of a serious nature. At three schools the closure was in
February, one in March, two in April, three in May, one in
June, one in July, one in October and one in December.

28. The following table gives the death rate per 1,000 population from Measles, in each of Woolwich and Plumstead parishes, during the last 12 years compared with London:—

WoolwichPlumsteadLondon
Year.No.Rate.No.Rate.Rate.
1891260.63330.620.43
1892160.39190.350.79
189314034470.840.38
189439095200.350.76
189560.14240.410.60
1896721.75681.140.82
189710.0230.050.43
1898531.27590.940.69
1899130.3230.040.48
1900290.69460.680.43
Average 10 years0.65...0.540.58
1901110.2690.130.43
190210024310.430.51