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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following table gives particulars as to the cause of death:
| 2. | Alcoholism | 1 | |
| 3. | Accidental Causes — Burns and Scalds | 7 | |
| Drowning | 6 | ||
| Vehicular traffic (a) By road | 11 | ||
| (b) By rail | 2 | ||
| Explosions | 4 | ||
| Suffocation - Overlying | 4 | ||
| Other Accidental causes | 18 | 52 | |
| 4. | Homicidal Cases --Suicide | 5 | |
| Murder and Manslaughter | 2 | 7 | |
| Total | 131 | ||
The "Accidental Causes" were 35, 37, 39, and 63, in
the four preceding years. The "Homicidal Causes" were 11, 21,
13 and 12 in the same years. The reduction of accidents and
homicide is very satisfactory.
SMALL-POX.
23. Not a single case of small-pox was notified in Woolwich
or in London.
MEASLES.
24. There were 31 deaths from measles, giving a rate of
0.21 compared with 0.19, 0.33 and 0.17 in the three preceding
years. The rate in London County was 0.47.
25. Of the 31 who died from measles, 30 were under five
years of age; 16 were males and 15 females.
26. 1,710 notifications were received under the Local
Government Board Order, compared with 1,590 in 1916. The mortality
per cent of notifications was 1.8 compared with 1.4 in the
preceding year.
45 cases were removed to the fever hospital on the
certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that isolation
was necessary, compared with.
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