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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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report on a statistical investigation into school incidence of
scarlet fever and diphtheria during the ten years 1896-1905.
DIPHTHERIA.
45. 351 cases of diphtheria were notified (excluding 65
cases of mistaken diagnosis). The case-rate (number of
cases per 1,000 population), corrected for cases of mistaken
diagnosis was 2.72, compared with 1.68, 3 09, and 1.91, in
the three preceding years, and 1.99, the average of the
ten years, 1901-10.
46. There were 34 deaths, Compared with 11, 20, and 17,
in the three preceding years. Thje death-rate was 0.26.
compared with 0 13 in 1913, and with 0 14 the average of
the five preceding years. The London death-rate was 0:16,
compared with 0 09 in 1913, and 0:12 in the five preceding
years.
47. 187 of the total oases notified were in Woolwich
parish, 99 in We6t Plumstead, 79 in East Plumstead, and 51 in Eltham.
The following table shows the case-rate in each registration district (not corrected for mistaken diagnosis) in the past thirteen years, Compared with London and the Borough:—
| 1901-5. | 1906-10 | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough | 1.71 | 2.20 | 1.68 | 3.09 | 1 .91 | 2.72 |
| Woolwich Parish | 1.63 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 4.38 | 4.43 | 4.92 |
| Plumstead Parish | 1.87 | 2.40 | W. 1.19 | 3.79 | 2.32 | 2.36 |
| E. 2 .33 | 2.81 | 1.02 | 2.39 | |||
| Eltham Parish | 1.62 | 2.22 | 2.30 | 1.71 | 1.29 | 3.33 |
| London | 1.90 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.57 | 1.70 | 2.02 |