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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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MEASIiSS
The number of individual cases of Measles notified during
1961 totalled 3,057, of which 40 patients were treated in hospital
for various complications.
All except 25 of the notified cases were under the age of
15 years. The County Council Health Visitors visited a large
number of the children notified.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Of the 88 notified cases of Puerperal Pyrexia occurring in
the Borough, 32 of the patients were not Woolwich mothers.
TABLE NO. 16
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS), 1961
| Under 1 yr. | 1-4 yrs. | 5-14 yrs. | 15-44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 65 and over | Total | Admitted to Hospital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | 10 | 34 | 1 | — | — | 45 | 10 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 1 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 29 | 76 | 12 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | 87 | 1 | — | 88 | 88 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | 48 | 5 |
| Measles | 113 | 1,382 | 1,495 | 63 | 4 | — | 3,057 | 40 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |