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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 39.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1933.
| Diseases | Borough. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 370 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 48 | 13 | 137 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,004 | 35 | 40 | 77 | 49 | 54 | 56 | 35 | 60 | 23 | 52 | 66 | 173 | 77 | 207 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | . — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 36 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 67 | — | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Smallpox | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 249 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| *Measles [including German Measles) | 354 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 69 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 52 | - | 123 |
| 2,118 | 76 | 74 | 171 | 149 | 104 | 93 | 73 | 122 | 58 | 122 | 151 | 295 | 104 | 526 |
* Not notifiable.