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Woolwich 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Brought forward50
Workplace14
School2
Workhouse2
Ship1
Nursing1
Public House or licensed restaurant25
Military Canteen1
46
Total96

Occupation.—Three who died were engaged in the liquor
traffic, and four were, or had been, soldiers. Loss of work was
spoken of in several cases as contributing to illness and death.
84. Notifications.—Voluntary notification of Phthisis has now
been in force in the Borough for four years. 145 cases were
notified, compared with 186, 189, and 167 in the three preceding
years. 16 of these were in the Poor Law Infirmary, 21 others
were notified by the District Medical Officers of the Woolwich
Union, 11 by Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal, 51 by clergymen,
philanthropic societies, or by applicants for admission to the
Peppard Sanatorium, and the remainder, 46, by private medical
practitioners. £7 18s. 6d. was paid during the year for the
notification of phthisis.
Duration.—Of the 145 cases notified during 1905, at least 52
have since died, and of 186 notified during 1904, at least 73 have
since died. (March 1906.)
85. The source of infection of the notified cases was probably
as follows:—
Family or personal, 44 viz.:—Father 11, Mother 15, Brother 3,
Sister 9, Husband 2, Wife 2,
Brother-in-law 1, Grandfather
1, Undefined 1, Employer 1.
d 2