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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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under the following causes of death :—old age, cancer, heart
disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, and various other diseases ; and
probably indicates greater poverty, rendering it impossible for
many persons to maintain themselves outside the Workhouse and
Infirmary.
Small-pox and vaccination.
27. No cases of Small-pox were notified, compared with 7 in
1905. This is the first year in which no cases have been notified
since 1899. 84 cases of Chicken-pox were notified by school
teachers.
28. The Small-pox case-rate in England and Wales was 0'07
per 1000.
the vaccination of children born in Woolwich, Plumstead, and Eltham Parishes in 1905:—
| Births | 3547 |
| Vaccinated | 3029 |
| Insusceptible | 16 |
| Conscientious objections | 109 |
| Died unvaccinated | 259 |
| Medical postponements | 11 |
| Removed, Vaccination Officer apprised | 24 |
| Removed, not found, and unaccounted for | 99 |
30. The following have been the numbers excused on account
of conscientious objections, since 1901, in Woolwich and Plumstead
Parishes : 127, 78, 108, 96, 101, 109. The lowest number,
78, was in 1902, the year of the small-pox epidemic.
MEASLES.
31. There were 31 deaths from Measles, giving a rate of 0'24
compared with 0'18, 0'33, 0.20, 0.22, and 0.l0 in the five preceding