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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Notifications. | Deaths to Oct. 31st. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Plumstead Parish | 57 | ||
St. Nicholas's Ward | 43 | 5 | |
Central Ward | 4 | ||
Glyndon Ward | 3 | 1 | |
St. Margaret's Ward | 5 | 1 | |
Herbert Ward | 1 | ||
Burrage Ward | 1 | ||
Eltham Parish | 10 | 10 | |
93 | 93 | 10 |
Table III. Houses affected.
Total. | Number under 1 1/2 to a room. | Number with over 1 1/2 and under 2 to a room. | Number with over 2 to a room. | Standards of Cleanliness. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
93 | 49 | 34 | 10 | * 14 | † 39 | ‡ 27 | || 13 | § o |
N.B.—* signifies very clean, † clean, ‡ indifferent, || dirty,
§ very dirty.
Table IV.
Principal Diet of Cases under 1 year.
Total cases | 49 |
Breast only | 4 |
Breast and other food | 9 |
Fresh cow's milk | 10 |
Fresh cow's milk and farinaceous food | 11 |
Nestle's condensed milk | 11 |
Depot milk | 2 |
Depot milk and other food | 1 |
Not stated | 1 |