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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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rate of 4.09 per 1,000 population, compared with 4.18
in 1910. This rate is the lowest since 1905.
36. The following table shows the case-rates of Scarlet Fever in the Borough, and each registration district during 1901-5, and the past five years, compared with London:—
| Average, | 1901-5. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough | 3.15 | 4.27 | 8.27 | 4.82 | 8.04 | 4.09 | 4.09 | |
| Woolwich Parish | 2.99 | 3.99 | 6.35 | 3.91 | 10.56 | 3.51 | 2.89 | |
| Plumstead | West | 3.24 | 4.37 | 9.02 | 5.41 | 8.50 | 3.40 | 3.77 |
| East | 7.22 | 6.63 | 7.51 | |||||
| Eltham Parish | 3.21 | 4.54 | 9.81 | 4.15 | 4.38 | 1.84 | 2.09 | |
| London County | 3.57 | 4.35 | 5.46 | 4.52 | 3.57 | 2.16 | 2.33 | |
37. Table 3 gives the age distribution, the number in
each parish, and the number removed to hospital. East
Plumstead was most affected.
38. Deaths. There were three deaths, giving a death-rate
of 0.02 per 1,000 population, compared with an average
of 0 09 in the five preceding years, and 0.19 in the ten
years 1891-1900. This is the lowest rate recorded in the
Borough. The death-rate in London was 0.04. The case
mortality (or deaths per cent of notifications) was 0.6,
compared with 1.9 and 2.6 in the two preceding years.
All these deaths were in West Plumstead.
It appears from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer
of Health to the London County Council that, in the five
years 1905-9, only seven Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower
death-rate from Scarlet Fever than Woolwich.
39. Hospital Isolation. Of the 518 cases, 411, or 80
per cent. were removed to one of the Fever Hospitals,
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