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Woolwich 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 60.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1932.
| Diseases. | Borough | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Sherard. | Avery Hill. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 233 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 18 | 31 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 554 | 49 | 26 | 52 | 58 | 48 | 29 | 25 | 70 | 27 | 44 | 41 | 27 | 33 | 25 |
| EntericFever (including Typhoid Fever) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 44 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Smallpox | 7 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Pneumonia | 247 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 61 | 19 | 15 | 39 | 13 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 4,307 | 217 | 193 | 285 | 342 | 252 | 144 | 366 | 332 | 172 | 499 | 419 | 301 | 682 | 103 |
*Not notifiable.