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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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(2) Local Government Board Regulations:—
| Disease. | Date. |
|---|---|
| Dysentery | 7/1/1919 |
| Malaria | 7/1/1919 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5/2/1914 |
| Plague | 19/9/1900 |
| Pneumonia—Acute primary | 7/1/1910 |
| Pneumonia—Acute influenzal | 7/1/1919 |
| Trench fever | 7/1/1919 |
| Tuberculosis | 19/12/1912 |
| (3) Ministry of Health Regulations:— | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica (acute) .. | 31/12/1919 |
| (4) By resolution of the London County Council:— | |
| Anthrax (human) | 26/4/1909 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 13/3/1912 |
| Glanders (human) | 26/4/1909 |
| Hydrophobia (human) | 26/4/1909 |
| Poliomyelitis (acute) and Polio-encephalitis | 13/3/1912 |
| (5) By resolution of the Woolwich Borough Council:— | |
| Zymotic enteritis | 25/8/1913 |
The following four tables are published in accordance
with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, and shew
the total number of cases of infectious disease notified during
the year ; the total number of deaths occurring amongst
these cases, and the distribution and case-rate per 1,000
population in the various registration districts of the Borough.
Table No. 28, which follows, shews the incidence of infectious
disease in the Borough each year since 1901.