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 IX.—C.—Notifications of Infectious Disease.
Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | 28 | 76 | 4 | 108 |
Scarlet Fever | 26 | 37 | 8 | 71 |
Diphtheria | 16 | 34 | 2 | 52 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Erysipelas | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | - | 2 |
Phthisis | 27 | 29 | - | 56 |
Chicken-Pox | 20 | 63 | 7 | 90 |
Table X.
Summary of Statistics for the 2nd Quarter of 1902 (March 30th—June 28th) corrected for Public
Institutions.
A.—Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 population.
Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages— Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages corrected for Public Institutions. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population estimated to middle of year. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | Rate. | |||||
Number. | Rate. | ||||||||||
120,002 | 926 | 30.9 | 97 | 105 | 370 | 12.3 | 61 | 7 | 65 | 428 | 14.3 |
2nd Quarter 1901 | 13.5 |
N.B.—The population of the Borough and of the Parishes of Woolwich and Plumstead are estimated
on the census of 1901, allowing for an increase proportional to the increase between 1896—1901.
The population of Eltham is estimated on the census of 1901, to which is added a pro rata
amount for the number of new houses since occupied.