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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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Measles—1st Visits 256 153
Re.Visits 36 79
Puerperal fever—1st Visits 12 10
Re.Visits 3 6
Zymotic enteritis—1st Visits 31 319
Re.Visits 8 264
Tuberculosis—Visits 250 92
Pneumonia (all forms) under 5 12 115
years—Visits
Visits unclassified 561 713
Visits unsuccessful—no admission 1,731 2,814
Totals 9,634 16,836
The Work of the Centres. The work of the Centres has
continued to increase during the year and the following Table
shows the detailed statistics for the year 1921, and the
consolidated statistics for 1919 and 1920.
TABLE No. 48.
| No. on Roll of Centre. | No. of Attendances. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers. | Children. | Mothers. | Children. | |||
| Expectant. | Nursing. | Expectant. | Nursing. | |||
| Town Hall | 239 | 262 | 1,800 | 453 | 431 | 9,415 |
| Eltham | 115 | 137 | 914 | 220 | 316 | 5,601 |
| Plumstead | 133 | 178 | 1,172 | 268 | 276 | 5,924 |
| North Woolwich | 2 | 0 | 139 | 2 | 8 | 1,055 |
| New Eltham | . | 6 | 125 | — | 15 | 1,161 |
| Totals 1921 | 489 | 588 | 4,150 | 943 | 1,046 | 23,156 |
| 1920 | 309 | 445 | 3,122 | 789 | 1,047 | 21,613 |
| 1919 | 178 | 54 | 1,263 | 436 | 101 | 7,450 |