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Woolwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Hospital Treatment.—The number of children admitted to Fever Hospitals
was 235.
Deaths.—There were four deaths.
Pneumonia.
The following Table No. 46 shows the number of notifications of pneumonia
received each month, classified by sex and according to type. It also shows the
number of deaths occurring from acute primary pneumonia and influenzal pneumonia.
TABLE No. 46.
Monthly Incidence of Pneumonia, 1938.
| Month. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Type. | No. of Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobar. | Broncho. | Influenzal. | Acute Primary (not specified) | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | ||||
| January | 23 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20 | — |
| February | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | — | 9 | 13 | — |
| March | 15 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 4 | — | 12 | 15 | 1 |
| April | 10 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - |
| May | 12 | 12 | 24 | 14 | — | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| June | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — |
| July | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | S | — |
| August | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | - | 5 | — |
| September | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| October | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| November | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| December | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | — |
| 121 | 86 | 207 | 88 | 30 | 7 | 82 | 96 | 2 | |
The number of cases notified was 207, compared with 272 in 1937. Of these
7 were influenzal. The number of deaths certified to be due to lobar or bronchial
pneumonia was 96 and to acute influenzal pneumonia 2. The ward incidence of
the pneumonias is shown in Table No. 37.