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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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years. The rate in London County was 0'40 compared with 0'36
in 1905. Only two Metropolitan Boroughs—Chelsea and
Hampstead—had a lower Measles death-rate per 1,000 population,
and if the rate is reckoned per 1,000 births (which gives more
nearly the population liable to die from Measles) only Chelsea had
a lower rate than Woolwich.
The death-rate in the seventy-six great towns was 0'40.
32. Of the 31 who died from Measles, 28 were under 5 years
of age ; 16 were males ; 15 females ; 7 were in Woolwich Parish,
and 21 in Plumstead.
33. 825 notifications were received from School teachers,
compared with 326, 646, 661, 1240, and 465 in the five preceding
years. The mortality, per cent, of notifications was 3'8, compared
with 3 8, 2'3, and 2'8 in the three preceding years.
rates from Measles for the past five years, and two preceding quinquennia, in each parish (as far as known), and the death rate in London:—
| Year. | Woolweh | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Loudon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | Rate | |
| 1891-5 (average) | 20 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | Not r ecorded | 0.59 | |
| 1896-1900 (average) | 34 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | Not r ecorded | 0.57 | |
| 1901 | 11 | 0.26 | 9 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.43 |
| 1902 | 10 | 0.24 | 31 | 0.43 | ... | ... | 0.5l |
| 1903 | 8 | 0.19 | 14 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.28 | 0.40 |
| 1904 | 11 | 0.26 | 15 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.49 |
| 1905 | 4 | 0.10 | 8 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.36 |
| 1900 | 7 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.28 | ... | ... | 0.40 |