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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified under S. 55, P.H.L.A., during the Yeah 1912
| 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. | Plumst'd | Eltham. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 and Upwards | E. | W. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 474 | 4 | 96 | 315 | 38 | 21 | - | 89 | 147 | 201 | 37 | 7 | 420 |
| Diphtheria | 429 | 5 | 93 | 270 | 32 | 29 | - | 162 | 88 | 155 | 24 | 48 | 346 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 20 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 10 | - | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 87 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 9 | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ant. Polio-Myelitis | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| Total | 1039 | 31 | 198 | 600 | 82 | 123 | 5 | 295 | 267 | 401 | 76 | 56 | 783 |