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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 57.
| Month. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Type. | No. of Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobar. | Broncho. | Influenzal. | Acute Primary (not specified). | Acute Primary Pneumonia | Influenzal Pneumonia | ||||
| January | 36 | 36 | 72 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 30 | 26 | 7 |
| February | 31 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| March | 12 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | — |
| April | 13 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | — |
| May | 27 | 10 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| June | 19 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — |
| July | 11 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 3 | — | 7 | 3 | — |
| August | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| September | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — |
| October | 13 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 4 | — | 10 | 4 | — |
| November | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| December | 26 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 204 | 112 | 316 | 84 | 66 | 36 | 130 | 94 | 22 | |
ERYSIPELAS.
The number of notifications received during the year
was 65, compared with 46 in 1926. No special comment is
called for on the incidence of this disease.
MALARIA, TRENCH FEVER AND DYSENTERY.
Three cases of malaria were notified, and one of dysentery.
No cases of trench fever were notified during the year. The
incidence of malaria and dysentery calls for no comment.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Eight cases of puerperal fever and thirty cases of puerperal
pyrexia were notified during the year, compared with four
and seven, respectively, in 1926. Most of the cases of puerperal
pyrexia were febrile conditions coinciding with the