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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 52.
| Number of beds | 21 | |
| (1) (i.) Number of cases in hospital on the 1st January, 1924 | 9 | |
| (ii.) Number of cases admitted during the year | 100 | |
| (iii.) Number remaining in on the 31st December | 13 | |
| (2) Average duration of stay | 40 days | |
| (3) Reasons for admission:— | ||
| Malnutrition, Marasmus and Debility | 51 | |
| Vomiting, Dyspepsia and Constipation | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | 11 | |
| Rickets | 7 | |
| Diarrhoea | 6 | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | |
| Miscellaneous | 11 | |
| 100 | ||
| (4) Number of cases discharged:— | ||
| (a) In good health | 61 | |
| (b) Improved | 16 | |
| (c) No improvement | 10 | |
| 87 | ||
| (5) Number of cases of infectious disease:— | ||
| (a) Measles | 1 | |
| (b) Whooping Cough | — | |
| (c) Epidemic Diarrhoea | — | |
| (d) Other infectious conditions | — | |
| (6) Number of deaths | 9 | |
| (4) Fever. Nil. | ||
| (5) Smallpox. Nil. | ||
| (6) Other. | ||