[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 59

Woolwich 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE IV.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1921.

Diseases.	Number of Cases Notified.								Total Cases Notified in each Locality.				Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							Woolwich.	Plumstead,		Eltham.
		Under 1	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 05	05 and upwards		Plumstead,
		Under 1	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 05	05 and upwards		West.	East.
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Anthrax	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera, Plague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).	592	9	140	338	.69	34	2	..	119	203	197	73	578
Erysipelas	59	1	1	3	9	13	29	3	15	18	14	12	9
Scarlet Fever	1351	5	270	919	101	50	6		316	362	359	314	1213
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zymotic Enteritis	454	155	190	16	16	46	23	8	159	118	89	88	..
Enteric Fever	11	..	1	4	2	3	1	..	8	2	..	1	10
Pneumonia	236	19	39	40	34	47	30	21	86	58	64	28	47
Puerperal Fever	14	..	..	..	2	12	..	..	3	7	3	1	9
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
Post-Basic Meningitis	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Poliomyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Encephalitis Lethargica	9	..	..	..	2	4	2	1	1	2	1	5	6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	32	32	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	7	11	7	9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	276	..	5	18	105	101	40	7	76	88	71	41	240
Other forms of Tuberculosis	80	2	15	34	15	9	5	..	26	14	24	16	240
Measles	481	4	126	348	2	1	..	..	230	56	93	102	..
Malaria	10	..	..	2	2	4	2	..	3	3	..	4	..
Dysentery	4	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	1	1	..	2	1
Total	3611	228	787	1723	359	325	148	41	1050	941	926	694	2123