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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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and consequently a large number of children were unprotected.
Compulsory Notification. By Order of the Local Government
Board made under S. 130, P.H.A., 1875, Measles and
German Measles were made compulsorily notifiable from
January 1st, 1916 (see Council's Minutes, December 22nd,
page 93).
WHOOPING.COUGH.
29. There were 17 deaths from whooping.cough. The
death.rate was 0.13, compared with 0.25, 0 08 and 0.19 in
the three preceding years, and 0.25 in the County of London.
Twelve of the deaths were under two years of age.
The following table gives the deaths and death.rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London :—
| Woolwich. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | Rate. | |
| 1901.05 (averages) | 34 | 0.28 | 0.35 |
| 1906.10 „ | 26 | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| 1911 | 6 | 0.05 . | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 28 | 0.23 . | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 10 | 0.08 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 25 | 0.19 . | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 17 | 0.13 . | 0.25 |
The death.rate per 1,000 births was 5.3.
346 cases were notified by school teachers, compared with
41, 439, 265 and 321, in the four previous years. 84 were
under five years of age, 253 between five and ten, and 9 over
ten. The fatality or deaths per 100 notifications was 4.9.