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Deaths from burns were 4, as compared with 4, 6 and 11 in
the three preceding years. Suffocation from overlying in bed
numbered 8 victims, compared with 2, 5, and 10 in the three
preceding years.
Homicides were 8 compared with 22, 9, and 20 in 1901, 1902
and 1903.
27. Deaths in Public Institutions.—Table I. shows the
actual number of deaths occurring in Public Institutions in the
Borough, viz : 261 compared with 269, 278 and 272 in the three
preceding years. The great majority of these deaths occur in
the Poor Law Infirmary. Table IVA. gives the number of
deaths from each disease of Woolwich residents occurring in
Public Institutions inside and outside the Borough. Table IB.
gives a list of these Institutions. Of 206 deaths from phthisis,
61 occurred in the Poor Law Infirmary, and 17 in outlying
institutions.
Small-pox and Vaccination.
28. Six cases of Small-pox were notified, but one of these
was proved by susceptibility to vaccination to be varicella
(chicken-pox) and not Small-pox. The five true cases all
occurred in December. The first (J.L.) was a man out of work
living in Siemen's Road. He had been looking for work in the
Docks. The second (S.A.) was a small shopkeeper in Samuel
Street. The third (E.C.) lived in Samuel Street just opposite
S.A. The fourth (W.McC.) was a young man discovered by
myself in the same house as E.C. The fifth was the sister of
S.A. ; she visited S.A.'s house after removal of the patient and
before disinfection, and her visit was concealed from myself
and the Sanitary Inspector, so that she escaped vaccination.