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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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The Royal Arsenal authorities require cases to be removed
to hospital, or a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health
of efficient home isolation, before their employees are allowed
to return to work. During the year three certificates were
issued.
Multiple Cases. The following Table No. 30, shews the
house distribution by wards of cases of scarlet fever occurring
during the year. The term “house” in this Table is synonymous
with the term “family” except in two instances where
two families are involved.
TABLE No. 30.
| Dockyard | St. Mary's | River | St. George's | Burrage | Herbert | Glyndon | St. Margaret's | Central | St. Nicholas | Eltham | Total houses | Total Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses in which | |||||||||||||
| 1 case occurred | 12 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 46 | 229 | 229 |
| 2 cases occurred | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| 3 ,, ,, | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 ,, ,, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 12 |
| Total houses | 12 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 47 | 56 | 272 | 334 |
This year the Ministry of Health have asked for information
regarding the attack rate per 1,000 persons under
15 not known to have had a previous attack of the disease
in question, according as they are housed under different
conditions—for example, less than 1 person per room; 1-2
persons per room; more than 2 persons per room. The
records do not give this information, and so the Table has
been calculated shewing the case rate according to the total
population living under these conditions at the time of the
Census, 1921.