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. 9.
Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1926, 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 | 1450 | 107 | 26 | 32 | 47 | 92 | 173 | 391 | 269 | 313 |
Enteric fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet fever | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping cough | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 10 | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 33 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 148 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 42 | 81 | 37 | 5 | .. |
Other tuberculous diseases | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 197 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | 108 | 46 | 28 |
Rheumatic fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | 32 | 29 |