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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 47.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the year 1928, shewing the Case Rate per 1,000 population.
| Diseases. | Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each locality. | Case Kates per 1,000 Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||
| West. | East. | West. | East. | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 300 | 95 | 57 | 52 | 96 | 2.13 | 3.20 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 2.48 |
| Scarlet Fever | 529 | 122 | 142 | 98 | 167 | 3.75 | 4.12 | 3.69 | 2.85 | 4.32 |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 2 | .. | 5 | 10 | 0.12 | 0.07 | .. | 0.15 | 0.26 |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.26 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.23 |
| Erysipelas | 89 | 20 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.34 |
| Smallpox | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 0.02 | .. | .. | 0.09 | .. |
| Pneumonia | 230 | 70 | 55 | 70 | 35 | 1.63 | 2.36 | 1.43 | 2.04 | 0.91 |
| Malaria | 12 | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | 0.09 | 0.34 | .. | 0.06 | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0.01 | .. | .. | .. | 0.03 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 8 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.05 | .. | 0.08 |
| Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 0.02 | 0.07 | .. | 0.03 | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | .. | 0.03 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.03 | .. |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 263 | 95 | 50 | 67 | 51 | 1.86 | 3.20 | 1.30 | 1.95 | 1.32 |
| Tuberculosis (Non.pulmonary) | 62 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.59 |
| Measles (including German Measles) | 2418 | 600 | 538 | 581 | 699 | 17.14 | 20.24 | 13.99 | 16.92 | 18.08 |
| 4005 | 1054 | 904 | 926 | 1121 | 28.38 | 35.55 | 23.51 | 26.96 | 29.00 | |