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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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33. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from Me asles for the past three years, and three preceding quinquennia, in each parish, and the death-rate in London:—
| Year. | Woolwich | Plumstead | Eltham | The Borough | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | Rate | |
| 1891-5 (average) | 20 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | Not recorded | 49 | 0.51 | 0.59 | |
| 1896-1900 (average) | 34 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | Not recorded | 70 | 0.67 | 0.57 | |
| 1901-1905 (average) | 9 | 0.22 | 15 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.13 | 26 | 0.21 | 0.44 |
| 1906 | 7 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.28 | .. | .. | 28 | 0.24 | 0.40 |
| 1907 | 35 | 0.87 | 28 | 0.37 | 7 | 0.55 | 70 | 0.54 | 0.38 |
| 1908 | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 0.23 | 10 | 0.08 | 0.31 |
| 1909 | 25 | 0.64 | 30 | 0.40 | — | .. | 55 | 0.43 | 0.48 |
34 Owing to the great prevalence of measles in March,
children below the age of five were excluded from all the
London County Council schools in the Borough for five weeks,
under Art 57 of the Code of Education Dr Kerr closed, or
excluded unprotected children from 37 classes In many cases
this was done immediately on the occurrence of one case The
period of exclusion or closure was usually for a few days only,
not exceeding one week
Whooping-cough
35 There were 15 deaths from Whooping-Cough, compared
with 37 and 32 in the two preceding years No doubt some
deaths of young children attributed to bronchitis and pneumonia
were really due to this cause The death-rate was
0.12, compared with 0.26 in the County of London