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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The greater number of cases occurred in the second and
fourth quarters of the year.
34. 1240 notifications of Measles were received from
School Teachers and others, compared with 323, 646 and 661
in the three preceding years. The mortality was thus 2.3 per
cent, of notifications compared with 3'8 in 1903. The actual
case mortality was probably not much below 2.3, as probably
there are but few cases in houses from which no one attends
any school, and which would consequently escape notification.
35. The following table gives the number of deaths and death rate from Measles for the four past years, and two preceding quinquennia in each parish (as far as known) and the death rate in London:—
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Rate. |
| 1891-5 (average) | 20 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | — | — | 0.59 |
| 1896.1900 (average) | 34 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | — | — | 0.57 |
| 1901 | 11 | 0.26 | 9 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 1.1 | 0.43 |
| 1902 | 10 | 0.24 | 31 | 0.43 | 0 | — | 0.51 |
| 1903 | 8 | 0.19 | 14 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.28 | 0.40 |
| 1904 | 11 | 0.26 | 15 | 0.21 | 2 | 018 | 0.49 |
36. Although last year brought a great increase of notified
cases, it is satisfactory to be able still to point to the continued
diminution of deaths from Measles which began in 1901. In