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Woolwich 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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The following four Tables are published in accordance
with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, and show
the total number of cases of infectious disease notified during
the year, the number of cases admitted to hospital or sanatorium,
the total number of deaths occurring from these
diseases, and the distribution and case rate per 1,000 of the
population of the various registration districts in the Borough

TABLE No. 41.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Diseases.Total cases notified.Admissions to Hospital or Sanatorium.Total Deaths.
Diphtheria39339010
Scarlet Fever4113994
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)871
Puerperal fever442
Puerperal pyrexia75
Erysipelas46141
Continued fever11
Pneumonia29210681
Malaria54
Ophthalmia neonatorum184
Encephalitis Lethargica756
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis991
Poliomyelitis53
Zymotic Enteritis23817
Tuberculosis Males169249101
Pulmonary Females11817347
Total287422148
Tuberculosis Males36406
Non-pulmonary Females261411
Total625417
Measles12461712
23241452300

No cases of Small Pox, Cholera, Belapsing Fever,
Typhus Fever, Dysentery, Trench Fever, Anthrax, Glanders,,
or Hydrophobia were notified during the year.