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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 53.
Monthly incidence of Pneumonia.
| Month. | Male. | Female. | Total | Type. | No. of Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobar. | Broncho. | Influenzal. | .4 cute Primary (not specified). , | A cute Primary Pneumonia | Influenzal Pneumonia | ||||
| 21 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| 15 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | |
| 26 | 17 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 12 | |
| 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 20 | [???] | 31 | 12 | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 30 | 21 | 51 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 168 | 124 | 292 | 54 | 93 | 33 | 112 | 81 | 22 | |
ERYSIPELAS.
The number of notifications received during the year was
46, compared with 44 in 1925. No special comment is called
for on the incidence of this disease.
MALARIA. TRENCH FEVER, AND DYSENTERY.
Five cases of Malaria were notified, and none of Trench
Fever or Dysentery. The incidence of Malaria calls for no
comment.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Four cases of Puerperal Fever and seven cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during the year, and nine of
them were treated in hospital, four being in hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, four in Maternity Hospitals,
and one in a Poor Law Institution. Only two deaths occurred
amongst the notified cases. The Council's scheme for the