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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified under S. 55, P.H.L.A., during the Year 1913.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total Cases Notified in whole District. | Cases Notified in each Locality. | Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis included in the preceding figures. | Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age—Periods. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| West | East | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 626 | 4 | 136 | 429 | 36 | 21 | ... | 206 | 194 | 163 | 63 | 12 | 561 |
| Diphtheria | 321 | 3 | 62 | 216 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 171 | 98 | 33 | 19 | 77 | 370 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | . . . | ... | . . . | ... | . . . | . . . | . . . | ... | . . . | ... |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 70 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | . . . | . . . | ... | 3 | 5 | . . . | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | . . . | . . . | . . . | ... | ... | . . . | ... | ... | ... | . . . | ... | ... | ... |
| Ant. Polio Myelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 338 | 115 | 138 | 25 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 128 | 86 | 119 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Total | 1392 | 137 | 341 | 681 | 97 | 121 | 15 | 541 | 409 | 346 | 96 | 95 | 943 |