Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |
Preface | 10 |
Part I.—Statistics. | |
Population—New Houses | 11 |
Births | 14 |
Marriages | 16 |
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs | 16 |
Lives and Illness saved | 19 |
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures—Feeding of Infants | 19 |
Still-births | 23 |
Mortality under 5 years | 23 |
Zymotic Death Rate | 23 |
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths | 23 |
Deaths in Public Institutions | 24 |
Small-Pox and Vaccination | 24 |
Measles | 25 |
Whooping Cough | 28 |
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases—Isolation at home and hospital —Sources of Infection—School Medals | 29 |
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection | 35 |
Bacteriological Examination | 38 |
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection | 41 |
Diarrhœa—Notification of Zymotic Enteritis—Report and Tables | 42 |
Erysipelas | 52 |