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Woolwich 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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This instance shows the importance of always inquiring as to
a previous attack before deciding that a case is Enteric on the
strength of a positive Widal reaction.
Diarbhœa or Zymotic Enteritis.
67. The deaths from Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Epidemic or
Zymotic Enteritis were 65, or 0.52 per 1,000 population, compared
with 0.82, 0.48, 0.36, and 1.91, in the four preceding years.
The rate for the 76 Great Towns was 0.83, and for London 0.72.
There were in addition 16 deaths from Enteritis and GastroEnteritis,
making a total of 81 deaths (or 23 per 1,000 births),
most of them due to the same disease. 62 of the 81 were under
one year of age.

68. The following table shows the death rate from all the diarrhceal diseases per 1,000 births in each ward and parish during the past five years:—

Diarrhœal Diseases per 1,000 births.

1901.1902.1903.1904.1905
Woolwich Parish3719225731
Wards.
.River (North)62373510385
River (South)23284632
Dockyard3217184228
St. Mary's1918317629
St. George's20764413
Plumstead Parish3123134818
Wards.
St. Nicholas4329216922
Central201272617
Glyndon343197921
St. Margaret's222512337
Herbert2111113224
Burrage2322099
Eltham399111124
The Borough...21164723
London County.........4135