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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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County Council Schools in the Borough. Dr. Kerr closed, or
excluded unprotected children from, 16 classes. In many
cases this was done immediately on the occurrence of one
case. The period of exclusion or closure was usually for a
few days only, in some cases for two weeks. The practice
of leaving instructions at the home of every notified case
was continued.
Whooping-cough.
35. There were 25 deaths from Whooping Cough, compared
with 37, 32, and 15, in the three preceding years. No
doubt some deaths of young children attributed to bronchitis
and pneumonia were really due to this cause. The deathrate
was 0.20, compared with 0.12 in 1909, and 0.28 in
the County of London.
The following table gives the deaths and death-rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London. There has been a marked reduction in death-rate since 1904:—
| Woolwich. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Bate. | Bate. | |
| 1901-5, Averages | 34 | 0.28 | 0.35 |
| 1906 | 21 | 0.17 | 0.26 |
| 1907 | 37 | 0.29 | 0.38 |
| 1908 | 32 | 0.25 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 15 | 0.12 | 0.26 |
| 1910 | 25 | 0.20 | 0.28 |
377 cases were notified by school teachers, compared with
174, 598, and 361, in the three previous years. 98 were
under five years of age, 272 between five and ten, and 7
over ten.