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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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blood-vessels, and kidneys, of which a large proportion were
certainly, caused directly or indirectly by alcohol. The deaths
from these causes in the two preceding years were 313 and 335
respectively.
The table shows a further reduction in mortality from this cause.
| Publie Houses per cent. of total houses. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 5yrs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough | 1.0 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.30 |
| Woolwich Parish | 2.0 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.46 |
| River Ward, South | 2.9 | 1.10 | 0.94 | 0.70 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.80 |
| Pluinstead Parish | 0.5 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.24 |
| St. Nicholas Ward | 0.2 | 0.49 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.33 | nil | 0.25 |
| Eltham | 0.6 | 0.25 | nil | nil | nil | nil | 0.04 |
| London Count | — | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.28 |
Physical Deterioration and Alcoholism.
102a. The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on
Physical Deterioration called special attention to the close connection
between ill-health and the abuse of alcohol, and recommended
that the general public should be educated as to the
evils of indulgence in stimulants.
A poster on this subject had recently been issued by the
Government in France. A similar poster was prepared by your
Medical Officer of Health and presented to the Public Health
Committee. Before issuing it locally, your Council invited the
London County Council to take action in the matter for the whole
of London; but that body having decided that it had no power
to do this, your Health Committee decided to print and post the
bill prepared by me. A copy of the bill is printed in an appendix
to this report.