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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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5.3, compared with 2.8, 3.8, 4.8, 1.9, and 7.2, in the five
preceding years.
205 of the 396 cases were found on visiting to be having
medical attendance.
33. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from Measles for the past four years and three preceding quinquennia in each parish, and the death-rate in London:—
| Year. | Woolwich | Plumstead | Eltham | The Borough | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Bate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate | Rate. | |
| 1891-5 | 20 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | Not recorded | 49 | 0.51 | 0.59 | |
| 1896-1900 | 34 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | Not recorded | 70 | 0.67 | 0.57 | |
| (average) 1901-1905 | 9 | 0.22 | 15 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.13 | 26 | 0.21 | 0.44 |
| (average) 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 |
| 1910 | 11 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.09 | 3 | 0.22 | 21 | 0.16 | 0.41 |
It appears from this table that whereas from 1891-1900
Woolwich had a somewhat higher Measles mortality than
London, since that date the Measles death-rate in Woolwich
has greatly diminished, and is now very much lower than
in London.
34. Owing to the prevalence of Measles all unprotected
children below the age of five were excluded from 12 London