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 1936
[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 101
Notifications and Deaths 102
Diphtheria 107
Scarlet Fever 108
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 111
Enteric Fever 111
Erysipelas, Malaria and Dysentery 111
Anterior Poliomyelitis 111
Encephalitis Lethargica 112
Smallpox. 112
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 112
Whooping Cough 112
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 113
Zymotic Enteritis 114
Measles 114
Pneumonia 115
Tuberculosis 117
Arrangements for Disinfection and Disinfestation 129
VIII.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Physical Features of the Area 131
Population 131
Social Conditions 132
Sickness and Invalidity 134
IX.—VITAL STATISTICS.
Annual Statistics (including those of Wards) 135
Births 137
Marriages 139
Deaths 139
Deaths from Cancer 144
Maternal Mortality 145
Child Mortality 146
Infant Mortality 147
APPENDIX.
Meteorological Table 151