London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE No. 41.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1937.
| Disease. | Borough | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | J St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 297 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 61 | 21 | 17 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| Scarlet Fever | 428 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 32 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 39 | 84 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 17 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | I | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 73 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Smallpox | - | - | — | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 272 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 30 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 81 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | — | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 65 | 3 | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| * Not notifiable. | 1,394 | 44 | 55 | 87 | 65 | 93 | 63 | 137 | 115 | 76 | 163 | 109 | 50 | 126 | 211 |