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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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26. 1,179 notifications were received from school teachers,
compared with 396, 801, 775, 387 and 967 in the five preceding
years. The mortality per cent, of notifications was 3.8,
compared with 5.3, 3.5, 3.9, 2.3 and 2.6 in the five preceding
years.
Five cases were removed to the fever hospital on the
certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that hospital
isolation was necessary.
27. The following table gives the number of deaths and death.rates from measles for the past four years, and four preceding quinquennia in each parish and the death.rate in London :—
| Year. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aver. No. | Rate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Aver. No. | Rate. | Rate. | |
| 1891.5 | 20 | 0.49 | 29 | 0.51 | Not re corded | 49 | 0.51 | 0.59 | |
| 1896. 1900 | 34 | 0.81 | 36 | 0.57 | Not recorded | 70 | 0.67 | 0.57 | |
| 1901.5 | 9 | 0.22 | 15 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.13 | 26 | 0.21 | 0.44 |
| 1906.10 | 17 | 0.43 | 18 | 0.23 | 3 | 0.20 | 37 | 0.30 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 7 | 019 | 17 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.30 | 28 | 0.23 | 0.57 |
| 1912 | 12 | 0.32 | 17 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.07 | 30 | 0.24 | 0.40 |
| 1913 | 3 | 008 | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.21 | 9 | 007 | 0.34 |
| 1914 | 14 | 0.37 | 11 | 015 | — | . | 25 | 019 | 0.31 |
| 1915 | 22 | 0.56 | 22 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.06 | 45 | 0.33 | 0.50 |
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.