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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Fever for the Borough and each Parish during the past two years compared with London.
| 1901. | 1902. | |
|---|---|---|
| Borough | 2.64 | 2.14 |
| Woolwich Parish | 2.55 | 2.49 |
| Plumstead Parish | 2.63 | 1.88 |
| Eltham Parish | 3.42 | 2.45 |
| London | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Table V. shews the occurrence and death rate for Scarlet
Fever and other notifiable infectious diseases in the Borough
during each of the last twelve years.
Table III gives the age distribution and cases occurring in
each ward, as well as the number of those removed to a Fever
Hospital, and the number of cases regarded at the Hospital
as a mistaken diagnosis.
The age incidence was as usual mainly on the ages 1 to 5,
and 5 to 15, or the school ages.
There was no marked prevalence in any one ward.
32. There were only 8 deaths, giving a death rate of 0.06.
The following table gives the case mortality for each parish compared with London in the past two years (per cent. of cases):—
| 1901. | 1902. | |
|---|---|---|
| The Boeough | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| Woolwich Parish | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Plumstead Parish | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Eltham Parish | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| London | 3.2 | 2.80 |
33. Of the 267 cases, 230, or 86 per cent., were removed
to one of the Asylums Board's Hospitals, most to the "Brook."
In 1901, 85 per cent were removed. 7 cases, or 3.0 per cent.
of admissions were reported not to be Scarlet Fever after
observation at Hospital.