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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.
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | Average for 3rd Quarters 1905/6/7/8/9. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 43 | 55 | 8 | 126 | 171.6 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 53.0 | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 22.2 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Voluntary and Poor Law) | 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 380 | |||||||||
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 27 | 39 | 24 | 1 | 91 | 42.4 | |||||||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 10 | 11 | 37 | 14 | 72 | - | |||||||||
| TABLE XIII. Summary of Statistics for the Fourth Quarter, ending December 31st, 1910, corrected for Public Institutions:— | |||||||||||||||
| A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. | Rates calculated per 1,000 Population. | ||||||||||||||
| Population estimated to middle of Year. | Births, | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all ages— Gross. | Deaths in Publio Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | ||||||||||||||
| 128,448 | 635 | 19.8 | 73 | 115 | 381 | 90 | 17 | 34 | 398 | 12.4 | |||||