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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 40.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1936.
| 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 | 176 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| Scarlet Fever | 609 | 24 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 21 | 65 | 25 | 84 | 30 | 53 | 34 | 33 | 53 | 103 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | 10 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 63 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 10 | — | 6 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 249 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| * Not notifiable. | 3,314 | 123 | 192 | 205 | 315 | 184 | 236 | 235 | 282 | 152 | 341 | 341 | 117 | 289 | 302 |