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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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32. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from measles for the past three years, and four preceding quinquennia in each parish, and the death-rate in London:—
| Year. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aver. No. | Bate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Rate. | |
| — | — | ||||||||
The actual reduction in measles mortality is not quite so
large as appears from the above table, owing to the fact
that the falling birth.rate has caused a diminution in the
number of children living under five years.
The following table giving the deaths and death.rate per 1,000 births shows the reduction more accurately:—
| No. | Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1891.95 (average) | 49 | 14.7 |
| 1896.1900 „ | 70 | 20.9 |
| 1901.05 „ | 26 | 7.2 |
| 1906.10 | 37 | 11.8 |
| 1911 | 28 | 10.0 |
| 1912 | 30 | 10.9 |
| 1913 | 9 | 3.1 |
| 1914 | 25 | 8.8 |
It appears from these tables that whereas from 1891.1900
Woolwich had a somewhat higher measles mortality than