Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE II A.
Shewing the nett deaths of Woolwich residents and all deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough, and deaths of Woolwich residents occurring in Institutions outside the
Borough, during the year 1920.
Causes op Death. | Male. | Female. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||||
West. | East. | ||||||||
Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||
All causes | 810 | 677 | 436 | 435 | 386 | 230 | 301 | 113 | 263 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | 22 |
Influenza | 17 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 102 | 59 | 49 | 53 | 37 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 45 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | 9 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 60 | 95 | 38 | 48 | 41 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 27 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Meningitis | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |