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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 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 20. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

TABLE No. 20. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Diseases.Total cases notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths.
Diphtheria43743236
Scarlet Fever51148611
Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid)881
Puerperal Fever11113
Pneumonia34582116
Erysipelas3753
Cerebro spinal meningitis213
Poliomyelitis33..
Acute Polio-Encephalitis111
Encephalitis lethargica332
Malaria11..2
Dysentery..22
Continued Fever11..
Ophthalmia neonatorum267-
Zymotic Enteritis31..9
Tuberculosis PulmonaryMales143162107
Females1028056
Total245242163
Tuberculosis Non-pulmonaryMales302415
Females302112
Total604527
†Measles26981121
44301340400
†Not Notifiable—information obtained from voluntary sources.