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Woolwich 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Names of Members of Public Health Committee 2
Names of Members of Sanitary Staff 2
Summary of Statistics 4
Preface 10
Part I.—Statistics.
Population—New Houses 12
Births 15
Marriages 10
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 17
Lives and Illness saved 20
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 20
Mortality under 5 years 23
Zymotic Death Rate 23
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 24
Deaths in Public Institutions 24
Small-Pox and Vaccination 25
Measles—Isolation and Nursing (see also Appendix) 25
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases —Isolation at home and hospital—
Sources of Infection 28
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection 33
Bacteriological Examination 35
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 37
Diarrhoea—Notification of Zymotic Enteritis—Report and
Tables 37
Erysipelas 46
Puerperal Fever 46
Influenza—Bronchitis and Pneumonia 47
Tuberculosis—Voluntary Notification 47
Source of Infection 48
Sanatorium Treatment—Results of 51
Cancer—Classification 56
Alcoholism 57
Meteorology 59