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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C. Notifications of Infectious Diseases.
Disease. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | Average for 3rd quarters in previous 5 years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | - | 1.2 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 30 | 65 | 13 | 108 | 94.4 |
Diphtheria | 26 | 18 | 13 | 57 | 44.8 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 6 | — | 8 | 14.6 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 17.4 |
Puerperal Fever.. | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 2.6 |
Phthisis | 10 | 27 | 4 | 41 | 42.4 |
Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 1 | 24 | — | 25 | 58.2 |
Zymotic Enteritis | 77 | 242 | 47 | 366 | 220 |
TABLE XIII.
Summary of Statistics for the 4th Quarter (13 weeks) ending 30th December, 1906, corrected for
Public Institutions.
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Bates calculated per 1,000 Population.
Births. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Resipents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population estimated to middle of Year. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||
Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
127,345 | 876 | 27.5 | 97 | 111 | 430 | 84 | 15 | 48 | 463 | 14.5 |