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Woolwich 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 57.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1935.
| Disease. | 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 | 313 | 20 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 70 |
| Scarlet Fever | 634 | 18 | 19 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 38 | 23 | 73 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 41 | 55 | 173 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 42 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 78 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 255 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 20 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| * Not notifiable. | 2,019 | 69 | 101 | 109 | 67 | 56 | 87 | 68 | 182 | 78 | 163 | 112 | 202 | 109 | 616 |