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 1903.
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Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total cases notified in each locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis (included in (preceding figures), | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | River | Dockyard | St. Mary's | St. George's | Burrage | St. Margaret's | 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 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 6 | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 186 | 3 | 53 | 90 | 28 | 12 | .. | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 157 | 18 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 58 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 389 | .. | 115 | 212 | 42 | 20 | .. | 43 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 25 | 95 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 36 | 337 | 11 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 42 | .. | 1 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 5 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 165 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 4 | .. | .. |
Totals | 251 | 5 | 172 | 317 | 99 | 86 | 7 | 97 | 54 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 153 | 38 | 49 | 74 | 125 | 70 | 527 | 34 |