Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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in the three preceding years The case-rate (number of cases
per 1,000 population) corrected for cases of mistaken diagnosis,
was 1.88, compared with 2.61 in 1908, and 219, the average
of the ten preceding years 4 of the cases were bacteriological,
ie, had no symptoms
49 There were 25 deaths, compared with 18, 23, and 15 in
the three preceding years The death-rate was 0 20, compared
with 016 in 1908, and 0.19 the average of the ten preceding
years The London death-rate was 0.12
50 74 cases were in Woolwich Parish, 126 in West
Plumstead, 59 in East Plumstead, and 9 in Eltham, The
following table shows the case-rate in each parish (not corrected for mistaken diagnosis) in the past seven years, compared with London and the Borough:—
1901-5 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borough | 1.71 | 2.80 | 1.83 | 2.61 | 1.88 | |
Woolwich Parish | 1.63 | 3.43 | 1.85 | 3.18 | 1.97 | |
Plumstead Parish | 1.87 | 2.26 | 2.36 | 2.88 | w. | 3.08 |
E. | 1.71 | |||||
Eltham Parish | 1.62 | 6.70 | 1.57 | 1.69 | 0.68 | |
London | 1.90 | 1.70 | 1.85 | 1.64 | 1.38 |
51 238 cases, or 89 per cent. of notifications, were removed
to hospital, compared with 67, 83, and 89 percent. in the three
preceding years A certificate of efficient home isolation was
given in 1 case (8 in 1905, 21 in 1906, 30 in 1907, and 7
in 1908)
The case mortality was 10.4 per cent. compared with 17.8,
66, 5.7, 6.3, and 5.5, in the five preceding years, and 9.4 in
London