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 V.
Rates per 1,000 Persons on the Population, estimated to the Middle of the Year.
| Year | Small Pox, | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fevers. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1891 | 0.01 | .. | .. | .. | 0.58 | 0.05 | 0.51 | 0.08 | 1.52 | 0.04 | 0.01 | .. | 0.37 | 0.06 | .. | .. | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| 189'2 | 0.04 | .. | .. | .. | 100 | 007 | 1.3 | 0.41 | 9.4 | 0.33 | .. | .. | 0.41 | 0.13 | .. | .. | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1894 | 0.35 | 0.03 | .. | .. | 0.96 | 0.04 | 1.7 | 0.56 | 7.8 | 0.42 | .. | .. | 0.47 | 0.11 | .. | .. | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 0.19 | 0.01 | .. | .. | 0.93 | 0.02 | 2.0 | 0.47 | 5.5 | 0.20 | .. | .. | 2.35 | 0.38 | .. | .. | 0.08 | .. |
| 1896 | 0.03 | .. | .. | .. | 1.03 | 0.04 | 2.8 | 0.87 | 5.0 | 0.24 | .. | .. | 0.62 | 0.07 | .. | .. | 0.303 | 0.01 |
| 1897 | 0.01 | .. | 0.03 | .. | 0.83 | 0.04 | 2.6 | 0.58 | 6.0 | 0.12 | .. | .. | 0.45 | 0.05 | .. | .. | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | .. | .. | 0.02 | .. | 0.86 | 0.02 | 2.2 | 0.31 | 5.7 | 0.16 | .. | .. | 0.52 | 0.11 | .. | .. | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.83 | 0.06 | 3.0 | 0.36 | 7.8 | 0.09 | .. | .. | 0.52 | 0.09 | .. | .. | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 0.01 | .. | .. | .. | 0.91 | 005 | 3.1 | 0.27 | 3.9 | 0.09 | .. | .. | 0.59 | 0.10 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1901 | 0.18 | .. | .. | .. | 0.61 | .. | 1.8 | 0.16 | 2.6 | 0.04 | .. | .. | 0.58 | 0.11 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1902 | 1.82 | 0.30 | .. | .. | 0.78 | 0.01 | 1.87 | 0.18 | 2.14 | 0.06 | .. | .. | 0.40 | 0.10 | .. | .. | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 0.05 | .. | .. | .. | 0.47 | .. | 1.51 | 0.11 | 3.16 | 0.03 | .. | .. | 0.34 | 0.05 | .. | .. | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1904 | 0.05 | .. | .. | .. | 0.59 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 0.23 | 3.75 | 0.13 | .. | .. | 0.19 | 0.05 | .. | .. | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Note.—Data for 1893 could not be obtained. | ||||||||||||||||||