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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C. —Notifications of Infectious Disease.
Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Small Pox | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 25 | 84 | 7 | 116 | |||||||||
Diphtheria | 7 | 19 | 1 | 27 | |||||||||
Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
Erysipelas | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||
Puerperal Fever | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||
Phthisis | 23 | 19 | 1 | 43 | |||||||||
Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 107 | 215 | 2 | 324 | |||||||||
TABLE X. Summary of Statistics for the second Quarter, 13 weeks ended 2nd July, 1904, corrected for Public Institutions. A.—Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1000 population. | |||||||||||||
Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||||
Number. | Bate. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||||||
Number | Rate. | ||||||||||||
125,791 | 877 | 27.9 | 75 | 86 | 372 | 59 | 6 | 43 | 409 | 13.0 |