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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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70. The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past eight years, and also the deaths from simple meningitis: —
| Average 1901.5 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubercular meningitis | 20.0 | 22 | 19 | 27 |
| Simple meningitis | 22.0 | 15 | 20 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis of intestines and peritoneum | 13.0 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | 20.8 | 21 | 22 | 28 |
| Phthisis | 192.0 | 164 | 154 | 156 |
The greatest reduction was in the parish of Woolwich.
| Average 1901.5 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No, | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| Woolwich Parish | 89 | 2.15 | 67 | 1.68 | 52 | 1.30 | 59 | 1.51 |
| Plurastead ,, | 97 | 1.34 | 90 | 1.20 | 92 | 1.20 | 90 | 1.19 |
| Eltham ,, | 6 | 0.63 | 7 | 0.58 | 10 | 0.78 | 7 | 0.54 |
| The Borough | 192 | 1.56 | 164 | 1.29 | 154 | 1.19 | 156 | 1.23 |
| London | — | 1.57 | 6969 | 1.47 | 6654 | 1.39 | 6419 | 1.32 |