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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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C. Notifications of Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | Average for 1st Qrs. of year3 1903/4/5/6/7. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | .4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 120 | 14 | 160 | 143.0 |
| Diphtheria | 26 | 51 | 8 | 85 | 80.8 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7.8 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 9 | - | 17 | 24.6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1.6 |
| Phthisis | 12 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 38.2 |
| Cercbro Spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 1 | 108 | 9 | 118 | 385.8 |
TABLE XI.
Summary of Statistics for the Second Quarter, ended 27th June, 1908, corrected for Public
Institutions:—
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 Population
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of Year. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Bate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 129,336 | 781 | 24.1 | 65 | 83 | 329 | 98 | 16 | 44 | 357 | 11.0 |
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