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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 3rd Qrs. of years 1903/4/5/6/7. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 105 | 6 | 137 | 132.4 | ||
| Diphtheria | 23 | 46 | 3 | 72 | 44.6 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8.8 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 23 | — | 24 | 18.2 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| Phthisis | 16 | 25 | — | 41 | 37.0 | ||
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 20 | 75 | 1 | 96 | 55.6 | ||
TABLE XIII.
Summary of Statistics for the Fourth Quarter ended 2nd January, 1909, corrected for Public
Institutions:—
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Bates 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. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 129,601 | 742 | 22.9 | 62 | 83.5 | 314 | 77 | 13 | 54 | 355 | 10.9 |