London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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B. Birth and Death Rates for each Parish.
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1,000 births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1,000 births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1,000 births. | |||||
| A | B | C | D | A | B | C | D | A | B | C | D | |||||
| 38,991 | 23.9 | 144 | 129 | West | 40,907 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 83 | 14,050 | 16.2 | 9.4 | 105 | ||||
| East | 34,500 | 17.6 | 9.8 | 138 | ||||||||||||
| c. Notifications of Infectious Disease. | ||||||||||||||||
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | Average for 4th Quarters, 1905/6/7/8/9. | ||||||||||||
| West | East | |||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 51 | 69 | 3 | 161 | 185.0 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 84.2 | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 8.8 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 26.2 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2.8 | ||||||||||
| Phthisis | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 47.2 | ||||||||||
| Measles (Notified by School Teachers) | 3 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 54 | 174.8 | ||||||||||