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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78. The deaths from Phthisis were 185, giving a death rate
of 1.47, compared with 1.79, 1.80, 1.49, 1.39, and 1.64 in the five
preceding years. Thus the death rate has only once been lower
than last year, viz., in 1903.
The London death rate was much the lowest recorded.
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
Woolwich Parish | 105 | 2.52 | 83 | 1.99 | 81 | 1.94 | 93 | 2.23 | 83 | 2.07 |
Plumstead | 104 | 1.49 | 94 | 1.30 | 84 | 1.18 | 104 | 1.43 | 97 | 1.31 |
Eltham | 6 | 0.77 | 6 | 0.59 | 6 | 0.56 | 9 | 0.81 | 5 | 0.43 |
The Borough | 215 | 1.80 | 183 | 1.49 | 171 | 1.39 | .206 | 1.64 | 185 | 1.47 |
London | .. | 1.66 | .. | 1.60 | .. | 1.55 | .. | 1.62 | .. | 1.41 |
79. The following table shows the death rate from Phthisis, in Woolwich and Plumstead Parishes, in each of the three past auinciuennia:—
1891—5. | 1896—1900. | 1901—5. | |
---|---|---|---|
Woolwich | 2.8 | 2.16 | 2.15 |
Plumstead | 1.78 | 1.40 | 1.35 |
80. It appears that in each parish there has been a progressive
reduction, but the diminution in the past quinquennium is much
less than in the preceding one. In view of the special efforts
made in recent years to deal with Tuberculosis by notification,
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