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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Names of Members of Public Health Committee 2
Names of Members of Sanitary Staff 2
Summary of Statistics 4
Preface 10
Part I.—Statistics.
Population—New Houses 12
Births 14
Marriages 17
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 18
Lives and Illness Saved 22
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 22
Still-births 24
Mortality under five years 25
Zymotic Death Rate 25
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 25
Deaths in Public Institutions 26
Poor Law Statistics 27
Notification of Diseases 27
Small-pox 28
Chicken-pox 28
Measles 28
Whooping Cough 31
Scarlet Fever—Expense of unnecessary Hospital IsolationReturn
Cases—Isolation at Home—Sources of Infection—
Schools Affected—Exclusion of Contacts 32
Diphtheria—School Outbreaks and Precautions Taken 37
Mistaken Diagnosis 40
Source of Infection 40
Bacteriological Examination 41
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 42
Bacteriological Diagnosis 43