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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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and in 1904 (1.19). Per 1,000 births the death-rate was 46.
87 of the 130 were under one year of. age, and 20 between
one and five years.
60. The following table shows the death-rate from the above-mentioned diarrhoeal diseases, per 1,000 births, in each parish during the past nine years:—-
Diarrhœal Diseases per 1,000 Births.
| Average, | 1901-5. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Parish | 33 | 44 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| Plumstead Parish | 27 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 6 | W. 9 | 55 |
| E. 15 | 43 | ||||||
| Eltham Parish | 19 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 36 |
| The Borough ('02-5) | 28 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| London County | 35 | 48 | 21 | 31 | 22 | 12 | — |
Notification. Voluntary notification of Zymotic Enteritis
commenced in Woolwich in 1905. The Council ordered its
trial for one year, and then for three years. The results
of four years notifications were fully reported (see Council's
Minutes, 11th February, 1909), and they were so satisfactory
that it was resolved to continue the voluntary notification
indefinitely, and from and including 1909 to extend the
period of notification to June and October, thus making the
disease notifiable during five months instead of three.
866 cases were notified in the past year, nearly as many
as the total number notified in the five preceding years.
The subjoined tables give full particulars of these. 8 cases
were notified in June, 42 in July, 658 in August, 148 in
September, and 10 in October. 8 deaths from Diarrhœa and