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 1902.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | No. of Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis (included in preceding figures). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | River. | Dockyard. | St. Mary. | St. George. | Burrage. | St. Margaret. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Eltham. | River. | Dockyard. | St. Mary. | St. George. | Burrage. | St. Margaret. | 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 | 228 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 69 | 129 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 233 | 5 | 74 | 114 | 24 | 16 | .. | 33 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 13 | 33 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 41 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 21 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 98 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 63 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 267 | 2 | 81 | 149 | 27 | 8 | .. | 37 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 45 | 25 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 17 | 7 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 50 | .. | 3 | 15 | 18 | 14 | .. | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 189 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 140 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1077 | 12 | 165 | 322 | 191 | 376 | 11 | 165 | 80 | 67 | 90 | 61 | 114 | 74 | 109 | 76 | 176 | 65 | 101 | 50 | 38 | 54 | 36 | 82 | 43 | 76 | 55 | 121 | 32 | 41 |