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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 No. 22.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the Year 1922, showing the Case Rate per 1,000 Population.
| Diseases. | Borough. | Total Cases notified in each locality. | Case Bates per 1,000 Population. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich. | Plumstead | Eltham. | Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
| West. | East. | West. | East. | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 437 | 49 | 118 | 192 | 78 | 3.16 | 1.51 | 2.84 | 5.42 | 2.72 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 511 | 129 | 155 | 120 | 107 | 3.70 | 3.96 | 3.73 | 3.39 | 3.73 | |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 0 06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.00 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.03 | |
| Pneumonia | 345 | 145 | 75 | 56 | 69 | 2.49 | 4.46 | 1.81 | 1.58 | 2.40 | |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 0.28 | |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | . . | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | .. | .. | |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 0.02 | 0.06 | .. | .. | 0.03 | |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 0.01 | 0.03 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 0.02 | 0.03 | .. | .. | 0.07 | |
| Malaria | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.21 | |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 0.01 | 0.03 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 26 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.14 | ||
| Zymotic Enteritis | 31 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 0 06 | 0.03 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 245 | 51 | 68 | 70 | 56 | 1.77 | 1.57 | 1.64 | 1.97 | 1.95 | |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 60 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.28 | |
| Measles (including German Measles) | 2698 | 613 | 904 | 721 | 460 | 19.52 | 18.84 | 21.76 | 20.34 | 16.02 | |