London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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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 4
Preface 10
Part I.—Statistics.
Population—New Houses 12
Births 16
Marriages 17
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 18
Lives and Illness saved 20
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 20
Still-births 22
Mortality under 5 years 22
Zymotic Death Rate 23
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 23
Deaths in Public Institutions 24
Small-Pox and Vaccination 24
Measles 25
Whooping Cough 26
Scarlet Fever—Return Cases—Isolation at home and hospital
—Sources of Infection—Provision of Medical Attendance 27
Diphtheria—Sources of Infection 34
Bacterological Examination 35
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 38
Diarrhœa 39
Erysipelas 40
Puerperal Fever 41