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Woolwich 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE NO. 17NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS), 1963

TABLE NO. 17

NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS), 1963

Under 1 yr.1-4 yrs.5-14 yrs.15-44 yrs.45-64 yrs.65 and overTotalAdmitted to Hospital
Scarlet Fever128533-186-
Meningococcal Infection--12--33
Erysipelas--13318-
Dysentery-14438--652
Zymotic Enteritis-12451131
Pneumonia225121832719
Food Poisoning-1-2--3-
Puerperal Pyrexia---97--9795
Ophthalmia Neonatorum8-----88
Whooping Cough113931---813
Measles568097632111165040
Poliomyelitis--------
Smallpox--------
Paratyphoid Fever---31153
Scabies-2-1--3-

Table: TABLE NO. 18 TUBERCULOSISTable of Notifications and Deaths compared with PopulationBorough of Woolwich

TABLE NO. 18 TUBERCULOSIS

Table of Notifications and Deaths compared with Population

Borough of Woolwich

YearEstimated Civilian Population excluding ArmyPrimary NotificationsDeaths from TuberculosisDeaths per 1,000 of populationTotal Deaths all CausesPercentage of Tuberculosis Deaths against all Deaths
1953146,00015629.201,5691.8
1954145,00020021.141,4431.4
1955145,00015423.151,5371.4
1956144,00015522.141,5241.4
1957143,00014522.141,5041.4
1958142,00010120.141,5141.3
1959142,0008614.091,542.9
1960143,000729.061,424.6
1961146,8505616.11l,6l6.9
1962148,0006310.061,580.6
1963148,0004516.101,790.9