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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1891 and 1903. There were four deaths, giving a death rate
of 0.03. The Loudon case rate was 1.07.
Puerperal Fever.
86. There were 5 cases of Puerperal Fever notified, compared
with 8, 11 and 2 in the three preceding years. There
were 2 deaths. The case rate was 0 04, and the death rate
0-02, the first being the lowest recorded with two exceptions,
and the second the lowest with three exceptions. Three were
attended in the confinement by medical men, and two by midwives
; one of the former, however, was not properly a case of
Puerperal Fever, being due to the bursting of an old pelvic
abscess.
Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
87. Influenza caused 23 deaths, compared with 62, 22, 60,
and 27 in the four preceding years. Bronchitis and Pneumonia
caused 278 deaths, compared with 407, 245, 299, and 258 in the
four preceding years.
Tuberculosis.
88. There were 259 deaths from tuberculous disease, giving
a death rate of 2.06, compared with 2.29, 1.86, and 1.92 in the
three preceding years.
The following table gives the number of deaths from each oi the various forms of tuberculosis in the past four years, as well as the deaths from simple meningitis:—
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuberculous meningitis | 17 | 20 | 28 | 16 | |
Simple meningitis | 26 | 19 | 24 | 16 | |
Tuberculosis intestines and peritoneum | 37 | 29 | 14 | 12 | |
,, other forms | 24 | 25 | |||
Phthisis | 215 | 183 | 171 | 206 |