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]
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TABLE No. 10.
Seat of Primary Disease. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Tongue | 4 | - | 4 |
Pharynx | 1 | - | 1 |
Å’sophagus | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Stomach | 12 | 11 | 23 |
Liver and Gall Bladder | 7 | 12 | 19 |
Intestines | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Rectum | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Penis | 1 | - | 1 |
Uterus | - | 19 | 19 |
Vagina and Vulva | - | 5 | 5 |
Breast | - | 14 | 14 |
Ovary | - | 2 | 2 |
Larynx | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Lung | - | 1 | 1 |
Pancreas | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Kidneys | 2 | - | 2 |
Bladder | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Prostate | 3 | - | 3 |
Testes | 1 | - | 1 |
Bones | 1 | - | 1 |
Other specified Organs | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Unspecified | - | 1 | 1 |
56 | 92 | 148 |
Respiratory Diseases.
11. 101 deaths were due to bronchitis, 97 to pneumonia,
and 16 to other respiratory diseases. The corresponding
figures for 1919 were:—bronchitis, 114; pneumonia, 125;
other respiratory diseases, 15.
The following table shows the number of deaths each year
since 1915 from respiratory diseases, the annual death-rate,
the number of deaths under 5 years, and the percentage of
deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age.