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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 58.
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). Metropolitan Boroughs—Rate per 1 ,000 births.
| Boroughs. | Year 1921. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethnal Green | 38.6 | 25.1 | 8.8 | 103.1 | 47.1 |
| Shoreditch | 38.2 | 13.2 | 9.5 | 113.8 | 35.8 |
| Kensington | 29.5 | 21.7 | 8.7 | 60.0 | 35.2 |
| Stepney | 28.9 | 113 | 6.6 | 73.1 | 17.9 |
| Paddington | 27.7 | 20.3 | 191 | 54.4 | 28.3 |
| Southwark | 25.8 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 78.0 | 24.1 |
| Hammersmith | 23.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 51.7 | 28.5 |
| Poplar | 21.9 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 69.6 | 14.9 |
| Lambeth | 21.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 42.8 | 16.1 |
| Bermondsey | 21.3 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 48.6 | 25.4 |
| Islington | 20.5 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 49.9 | 25.6 |
| Hackney | 20.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 51.2 | 17.6 |
| Deptford | 20.2 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 55.4 | 7.0 |
| Fulham | 20.1 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 48.4 | 17.6 |
| Finsbury | 19.1 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 22.7 | 14.7 |
| Woolwich | 18.4 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 54.7 | 12.1 |
| Westminster | 18.2 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 47.9 | 36.7 |
| St. Panceras | 17.5 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 37.2 | 14.7 |
| Camberwell | 16.7 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 40.8 | 17.7 |
| Battersea | 16.6 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 34.3 | 14.1 |
| Chelsea | 16.4 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 35.0 | 15.6 |
| Lewisham | 15.3 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 41.8 | 7.6 |
| City of London | 15.1 | .. | 29.4 | ... | |
| Wandsworth | 14.4 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 35.1 | 13.4 |
| Greenwich | 13.7 | 3.3 | .. | 31.2 | 21.1 |
| St. Mary.lebone | 13.1 | 4.6 | .. | 12.8 | 10.2 |
| Holborn | 12.3 | .. | 25.2 | 24.4 | 18.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.1 | 4.0 | 11.6 | 27.8 | 9.7 |
| Hampstead | 11.9 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 16.4 | 13.2 |
| London | 21.3 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 50.1 | 19.3 |
Administrative Measures. Cases of Puerperal fever,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Epidemic Diarrhoea and Pneumonia
(under 5 years of age) are visited by the Health Visitors. In
many cases nursing assistance has been provided, and hospital
accommodation found where the home conditions were