London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 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—Houses 12
Births 15
Marriages 18
Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 19
Lives and Illness Saved 22
Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 23
Still-births 25
Mortality under five years 25
Zymotic Death Bate 25
Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 26
Deaths in Public Institutions 27
Poor Law Statistics 27
Notification of Diseases 27
Small-pox 29
Chicken-pox 29
Measles 30
Whooping-Cough 32
Scarlet Fever—Hospital Isolation—Return Cases—Isolation at
Home—Sources of Infection—Schools Affected 33
Diphtheria—School Outbreaks and Precautions taken 36
Mistaken Diagnosis 39
Source of Infection 39
Bacteriological Examination 40
Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 41
Bacteriological Diagnosis 42