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Woolwich 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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MEASLES.
29. There were 30 deaths from measles, giving a rate of
0.24, compared with 0.43, 0.16, and 0.23, in the three pre
ceding years. The rate in London County was 0.40, compared
with 0.57 in 1911.
30. Of the 30 who died from measles, 29 were under five
years of age ; 17 were males and 13 females.
31. 775 notifications were received from school teachers,
compared with 1,453, 519, 768, 396, and 801, in the five
preceding years. The mortality per cent. of notifications
was 3.9, compared with 4.8,1.9, 7.2, 5.3, and 3.5, in the five
preceding years.
22 cases were removed to the Fever Hospital on the
certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that hospital
isolation was necessarv.
32. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from measles for the past two years and four preceding quinquennia in each parish, and the death-rate in London:—
| Year. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Rate. | |
| 1891-5 | 100 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | Not recorded | 49 | 0.51 | 0.59 | |
| 1896-1900 | 170 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | Not recorded | 70 | 0.67 | 0.57 | |
| 1901-5 | 45 | 0.22 | 15 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.13 | 26 | 0.21 | 0.44 |
| 1906-10 | 83 | 0.43 | 88 | 0.23 | 13 | 0.20 | 184 | 0.30 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 7 | 019 | 17 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.30 | 28 | 0.23 | 0.57 |
| 1912 | 12 | 0.32 | 17 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.07 | 30 | 0.24 | 0.40 |