Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1911.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis included in the preceding figures. | Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Age—Periods. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||||||
Under 1 | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
East | West | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 518 | 6 | 142 | 314 | 45 | 11 | ... | 106 | 232 | 152 | 28 | 22 | 411 |
Diphtheria | 239 | 1 | 53 | 153 | 17 | 15 | ... | 88 | 48 | 72 | 31 | 35 | 223 |
Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ... | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||
Erysipelas | 82 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 28 | 1 | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | ... | 7 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Ant. Polio Myelitis | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Chicken-pox (March to June) | 85 | 3 | 30 | 49 | 3 | ... | ... | 13 | 38 | 30 | 4 | ... | ... |
Total | 968 | 22 | 231 | 525 | 85 | 96 | 9 | 244 | 368 | 290 | 66 | 61 | 650 |