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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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Table: TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

page.
Names of Members of Public Health Committee2
Names of Members of Sanitary Staff2
Summary of Statistics4
Preface10
Part I.—Statistics.
Population—New Houses11
Births14
Marriages16
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs16
Lives and Illness saved19
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures—Feeding of Infants19
Still-births23
Mortality under 5 years23
Zymotic Death Rate23
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths23
Deaths in Public Institutions24
Small-Pox and Vaccination24
Measles25
Whooping Cough28
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases—Isolation at home and hospital —Sources of Infection—School Medals29
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection35
Bacteriological Examination38
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection41
Diarrhœa—Notification of Zymotic Enteritis—Report and Tables42
Erysipelas52