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Woolwich 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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SECTION VIII.—PREVALENCE AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough:—
Anthrax
Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Cholera
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis Lethargica
Erysipelas
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever
Glanders
Hydrophobia
Malaria
Membraneous Croup
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Pneumonia—Acute Primary
Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal
Poliomyelitis
Plague
Puerperal Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Typhus Fever
Zymotic Enteritis
NOTIFICATION.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates,
was 1,941, compared with 1,587 in 1928 and 1,585 in 1927.
In addition, 151 cases of Measles, including German Measles,
came to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through
the school medical service. Detailed statistics relating to
the incidence of infectious disease, each year since 1901, will
be found in Table No. 48.