London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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VII.—PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
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General Reference 111
Notifications 111
Diphtheria 117
Scarlet Fever 118
Smallpox 120
Erysipelas, Malaria and Dysentery 120
Enteric Fever 121
Anterior Poliomyelitis 121
Encephalitis Lethargica 121
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 121
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal pyrexia 122
Zymotic Enteritis 122
Whooping Cough 122
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 123
Measles 123
Pneumonia 124
Tuberculosis 125
Arrangements for Disinfection and Disinfestation 139
VIII.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Physical Features of the Area 141
Population 141
Social Conditions 143
Sickness and Invalidity 143
IX.—VITAL STATISTICS.
Annual Statistics (including those of Wards) 144
Births 146
Marriages 148
Deaths 148
Deaths from Cancer 152
Maternal Mortality 153
Child Mortality 154
Infant Mortality 155
APPENDIX.
Meteorological Table 159