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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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46. The following table shows the number of deaths and
death-rates from various infectious disease each year since
1915.
TABLE No. 29.
| Year. | Small-pox | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | |
| 1915 | ... | ... | 20 | 0.15 | 8 | 0.06 | 5 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.02 | 45 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | ... | ... | 11 | 0.08 | 4 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.05 | 23 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | ... | ... | 16 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.04 | 31 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | ... | ... | 25 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.06 | 21 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 2 | 0.01 | 28 25 | 0.21 | 3 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | ... | ... | 0.18 | 4 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.04 | 21 | 0.14 | |
TABLE No. 29—
| Year. | Erysipelas | Zymotic Enteritis. | Pneumonia | Cerebrospinal Fever and Post- basic Meningitis. | Encephalitis lethargica. | Whooping Cough. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | |
| 1915 | 8 | 0.06 | 30 | 0.22 | 189 | 1.40 | 9 | 0.07 | ... | ... | 17 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 2 | 0.01 | 27 | 0.20 | 136 | 1.00 | 4 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 34 | 0.25 |
| 1917 | 4 | 0.03 | 24 | 0.16 | 158 | 1.08 | 6 | 0.04 | ... | ... | 10 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 2 | 0.01 | 26 | 0.18 | 225 | 1.54 | 7 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 29 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 2 | 0.01 | 18 | 0.13 | 125 | 0.92 | 2 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.02 | 11 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 1 | 0.01 | 20 | 0.14 | 97 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 14 | 0.10 |