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 OF CONTENTS.
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Names of Members of Public Health Committee 2
Names of Members of Sanitary Staff 3
Summary of Statistics 4
Preface 10
Part I.—Statistics.
Population—New Houses 11
Births 14
Marriages 16
Deaths—Corrections Applied 16
Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 17
Life Capital Saved 18
Infant Mortality 19
Zymotic Death Rate 21
Inquest* and Uncertified Deaths 22
Deaths in Public Institutions 23
Small-Pox and Vaccination 23
Measles—Early Closure of Infant Classes—Results 25
Statistics of notification 26
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases—Hospital Isolation—Sources of
Infection 31
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection—Return Cases 36
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 39
Diarrhoea—Distribution of Leaflets 41
Erysipelas 42
Puerperal Fever 43
Influenza 43
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 43
Phthisis—Voluntary Notification—Incidence in Royal Arsenal, &c. 43
Infection in Public Houses 50
Sanatorium Treatment—Results of 51
Cancer—Classification 55
Alcoholism—Death Rate in Public Houses 56
Meteorology 57