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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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C. Notifications of Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Elthaam. | Total. | Average for 1st Quarters of 1905/6/7/8/9. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | ||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | .4 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 98 | 190.6 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 4 | 30 | 16 | — | 50 | 102.6 | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | - | 2 | — | — | 2 | 6.6 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 27.8 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Phthisis | 23 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 40.6 | |||||||||
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | - | 1 | 12 | - | 13 | 393.6 | |||||||||
TABLE XL
Summary of Statistics for the Second Quarter, ending 2nd July, 1910, corrected for Public
Institutions:—
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 population
| Births. | Deaths under 1 year. | 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. | |||
| 128,448 | 769 | 23.9 | 60 | 78 | 293 | 67 | 9 | 45 | 329 | 10.2 |