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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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 15
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 16
Lives and Illness Saved 18
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 19
Mortality under 5 years 22
Zymotic Death Rate 22
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 23
Deaths in Public Institutions 24
Small-Pox and "Vaccination—Vaccine Calves 24
Measles—Statistics of notification 27
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases—Hospital Isolation—Sources of
Infection 29
School Incidence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, 10 years
1896-1905 32
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection—Return Cases 38
Bacteriological Examination of Contacts 41
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 42
Diarrhoea—Distribution of Leaflets 44
Excess in North Woolwich 45
Erysipelas 47
Puerperal Fever 47
Influenza 48
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 48
Tuberculosis—Voluntary Notification 48
Source of Infection 49
Sanatorium Treatment—Results of 53
„ Regulations 56
Cancer—Classification 57
Alcoholism—Death Rate in Public Houses 58
Meteorology 60