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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 37.
Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1938.
| Disease. | Borough | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's, | Bur rage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 263 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 507 | 22 | 52 | 26 | 82 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 36 | 30 | 67 | 51 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 94 | — | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 207 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| Malaria | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargiea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 50 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 61 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| *Measles | 2560 | 136 | 86 | 167 | 204 | 98 | 131 | 122 | 193 | 54 | 129 | 177 | 202 | 127 | 734 |
| *Whooping Cough | 45 | — | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 24 | 4 |
| 3.886 | 185 | 164 | 260 | 345 | 157 | 195 | 218 | 293 | 120 | 301 | 300 | 240 | 219 | 889 | |
| •Includes all known cases whether notified or not. | |||||||||||||||