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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 1907
[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 1st Quarters in Previous 5 years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22.0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 37 | 198 | 22 | 257 | 105.8 |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 53 | 5 | 81 | 75.0 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 24 | 5 | 38 | |
| Puerperal | .. | .. | • • | .. | 2.0 |
| Phthisis | 11 | 26 | 37 | 43.6 | |
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 398 | 820 | 52 | 1270 | Average for last four years 165 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
TABLE XI.
Summary of Statistics for the 2nd Quarter, 1907.
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Eates calculated per 1,000 Population.
| Population estimated to middle of Year. | Births. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 129,336 | 845 | 26.1 | 63 | 75 | 290 | 59 | 13 | 50 | 327 | 10.1 |