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Woolwich 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 21.

CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED—1922.

Diseases.Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and over.
*Diphtheria437217322121145903358810..
Scarlet Fever511..19263326212101364412111
Enteric Fever8......1..11221....
Puerperal Fever11................92....
Pneumonia345383026131824111541415830
Erysipelas37............1..58203
Cerebro-spinal meningitis21........1... .........
Poliomyelitis3..........3............
Acute Polio-Encephalitis.1................... .....
Encephalitis lethargica3............11..1....
Malaria11................452..
Continued fever11................... ...
Ophthalmia neonatorum2626......................
Zymotic enteritis311871..........3..11
Tuberculosis PulmonaryMales1431..11..5518602011
Females.10222..2151119391636..
Total245311311016379936371
Tuberculosis Non-pulmonaryMales3012141625413..
Females.3011121754611..
Total602326213791024..
†Measles (including German Measles)269859124159163340172012571......
4430150201248240408212935314027611613336
*Includes Membranous Croup. †Not Notifiable—Information obtained voluntarily. No cases of Smallpox, Typhus Fever, Relapsing Fever, Cholera, Plague, Dysentery, Trench Fever, Anthrax, Glanders, Hydrophobia, were notified during the year,