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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE V.Rates per 1,000 Population, estimated to the middle of the Year.

TABLE V.

Rates per 1,000 Population, estimated to the middle of the Year.

Year.Small-poxCholera.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric and Continued Fevers.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
Avge.
1891-50.150.01......0.870.051.380.386.050.250.00...0.940.17......0.090.03
1896-19000.01...0.01...0.890.042.740.485.481.34......0.540.08......0.060.04
1901.50.430.06......0.620.021.710.163.140.07......0.340.07......0.060.03
1906............0.760.023.130.174.270.04......0.220.06......0.060.02
1907............0.850.042.220.128.270.11......0.160.03......0.040.01
1908............0.700.052.930.164.820.07......0.100.02......0.040.02
1909............0.800.011.940.208.040.15......0.080.02......0.070.01
1910............0.700.021.190.044.090.10......0.060.01......0.060.02
1911............0.680.071.680.094.090.02......0.10Nil......0.130.02
19120.020.01......0.710.023.090.163.800.03......0.150.02......0.020.01
1913............0.55Nil1.910.134.800.06......0.060.01......0.060.02
1914............0.830.052.720.265.460.07......0.090.03......0.050.02