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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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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified under S. 55, P.H.L.A., during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total Cases Notified in whole District. | Cases Notified in each locality. | Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis included in the preceding figures. | Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age—Periods. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 05 and Upwards. | ||||||||
| West | East | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 601 | 3 | 111 | 357 | 98 | 32 | — | 175 | 172 | 202 | 52 | 20 | 511 |
| Diphtheria | 286 | 4 | 72 | 153 | 35 | 22 | — | 87 | 85 | 98 | 16 | 40 | 264 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | 31 | — | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| Erysipelas | 138 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 91 | 15 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 11 | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 50 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 17 | — | 31 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 45 |
| Ant. Polio Myelitis | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 173 | 85 | 73 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | 40 | 55 | 67 | 11 | — | — |
| Total | 1306 | 115 | 261 | 540 | 190 | 184 | 16 | 403 | 378 | 422 | 103 | 78 | 853 |