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Woolwich 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Diarrhceal Diseases.
53. The deaths from Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and epidemic
or Zymotic Enteritis, numbered 59, or 0 48 per 1,000 population,
compared with 0-82 in 1901. The rate for London County
was 0-54.
There were, in addition, 18 deaths from Enteritis and
Gastro-Enteritis, making a total of 77 deaths, due probably to
the same disease denoted by different names.

Table: The following Table shews the death rate from these diseases per 1,000 births in each Ward and Parish in 1901 and 1902 :—Diarrhceal Diseases per 1.000 Births.

The following Table shews the death rate from these diseases per 1,000 births in each Ward and Parish in 1901 and 1902 :—

Diarrhceal Diseases per 1.000 Births.

1901.1902.
Woolwich Parish3719
River Ward—North6237
River Ward—South23
Dockyard Ward3217
St. Mary's Ward1918
St. George's Ward207
Plumstead Parish3123
St. Nicholas Ward4329
Central2012
Glyndon3431
St. Margaret's Ward2225
Herbert Ward2111
Burrage Ward2322
Eltham Parish399

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55. During the two years 1901 and 1902, there was a saving
of 103 lives from diarrhoea in Woolwich and Eltham Parishes,
compared with 1900, but in Plumstead of only one life.