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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 54.
| No. in register. | Date admitted to hospital. | Date discharged. | Total days in hospital. | Onset of secondary case. | Remarks on primary case. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928. | ||||||
| 460 | 4/11/28 | 1/1/29 | 58 | 6/1/29 | — | |
| 411 | 15/10/28 | 15/1/29 | 92 | 11/2/29 | — | |
| 1929. | ||||||
| 31 | 26/1/29 | 3/5/29 | 97 | 8/5/29 | — | |
| 53 | 5/2/29 | 10/4/29 | 64 | 15/4/29 | Home isolation. | |
| 49 | 5/2/29 | 23/3/29 | 46 | 30/3/29 | — | |
| 63 | 14/2/29 | 23/3/29 | 37 | — | ||
| 122 | 5/4/29 | 26/4/29 | 21 | 7/5/29 | — | |
| 155 | 28/4/29 | 21/6/29 | 54 | 3/7/29 | — | |
| 182 | 10/5/29 | 13/6/29 | 34 | 18/6/29 | — | |
| 186 | 13/5/29 | 21/6/29 | 39 | 29/6/29 | — | |
| 195 | 16/5/29 | 12/7/29 | 57 | 24/7/29 | — | |
| 213 | 30/5/29 | 6/7/29 | 37 | 23/7/29 | — | |
| 262 | 7/7/29 | 21/8/29 | 45 | 24/8/29 | — | |
| 27/8/29 | — | |||||
| 277 | 16/7/29 | 29/8/29 | 44 | 10/9/29 | — | |
| 10/9/29 | — | |||||
| 323 | 15/8/29 | 28/9/29 | 44 | 12/10/29 | — | |
| 326 | 20/8/29 | 4/10/29 | 45 | 19/10/29 | — | |
| 328 | 22/8/29 | 27/9/29 | 36 | 2/10/29 | — | |
| 360 | 23/9/29 | 25/10/29 | 32 | 29/10/29 | — | |
| 364 | 27/9/29 | 15/11/29 | 49 | 22/11/29 | Slight ear discharge | |
| 1/12/29 | ||||||
| 2/12/29 | — | |||||
| 438 | 31/10/29 | 14/12/29 | 44 | 28/12/29 | — | |
| 447 | 5/11/29 | 24/12/29 | 49 | 27/12/29 | — | |
| 30/12/29 | — | |||||
| 448 | 5/11/29 | 17/12/29 | 42 | 31/12/29 | — | |
Home Isolation. Thirty-three cases, or 5.9 per cent.,
were isolated at home, and in only one instance did a return
case occur. Frequent visits are made by the district sanitary
inspectors to all cases isolated at home in order to ensure
that proper precautions are being taken for preventing the
spread of the disease. Employees of the Royal Arsenal are