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. 11.
Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1925, classified by age and cause.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | |
All causes | 1519 | 141 | 32 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 201 | 395 | 312 | 278 |
Enteric Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 30 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Meningococcal Meningitis | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 100 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 38 | 79 | 36 | 3 | 1 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 193 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 113 | 49 | 20 |
Rheumatic Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 78 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 27 | 32 |