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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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1905.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis (included in preceding figures), | Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Age Periods. | River. | Dockyard | St. Mary's. | St. George's. | Burrage. | St. Margaret's. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | Central. | St. Nicholas'. | Eltham. | |||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | North. | South. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 273 | 7 | 81 | 130 | 28 | 27 | .. | 7 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 20 | 218 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 83 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 513 | 5 | 165 | 274 | 44 | 25 | .. | 39 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 32 | 32 | 56 | 120 | 62 | 10 | 417 |
Typhus „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric „ | 27 | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
Relapsing „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal „ | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | . . | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 145 | .. | 1 | 19 | 25 | 98 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 5 | .. | .. |
Totals | 1061 | 20 | 250 | 435 | 122 | 223 | 11 | 54 | 63 | 49 | 41 | 92 | 56 | 137 | 82 | 72 | 117 | 215 | 83 | 37 | 659 |