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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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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1904.
| Notifiable Disease. | 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). | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 163 | 3 | 59 | 78 | 16 | 13 | ... | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 134 | 11 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erisipelas | 74 | ... | 4 | 6 | 9 | 43 | ... | 12 | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 472 | ... | 122 | 280 | 46 | 20 | ... | 61 | 34 | 16 | 39 | 44 | 69 | 42 | 20 | 31 | 100 | 16 | 397 | 3 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 25 | ... | ... | 7 | 8 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 21 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | l | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 0 | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 186 | ... | 1 | 11 | 45 | 127 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 6i | 17 | 35 | "7 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 932 | 7 | 186 | 383 | 121 | 221 | 14 | 119 | 81 | 45 | 73 | 80 | 131 | 61 | 43 | 77 | 174 | 48 | 558 | 16 |