[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich].
- Woolwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
- Date:
- [1902]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![32 The Committee also at the same time authorised me to arrange with the Jenner Institute for the bacteriological examination of sputa from patients suspected to have Phthisis. Four cases were submitted for examination before the year ended, and three found to contain tubercle. 64. The following table gives the death rate from Phthisis in the Parish of Woolwich and Plum stead in recent years:— 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 ] Woolwich ... 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.4 2. 4 2.52 Plumstead 1.64 1.3 1.5 1.27 1. 45 1.50 1.51 There thus appears to have been a slight increase in both parishes since 1898, but more marked in Woolwich. The same increase has occurred in the county. Death Rate from Phthisis. Woolwich Borough l.79 London County 1.71 65. Preventive Measures.—Wherever a death has occurred from Phthisis, disinfection of articles and fumigation of rooms is performed if leave is given. Rooms were disinfected at 86 houses last year compared with 18 in 1900. If the premises are dirty, stripping and cleansing is required. A notice is left at every house where a case is notified, giving directions as to the avoidance of infection. The same notice has been dis tributed to every house in the Borough. It is much to be regretted that no steps have been taken in London for providing sanatoria where the poor may be isolated and receive open air treatment at all stages of the disease. There can be little doubt that in the homes of the poor tuberculosis is continually transmitted from one member of a family to another, and, without removal to an institution, there is little hope of the means recommended for dealing with the infectious sputum and partial isolation being carried out.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19823265_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
