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. 22.
Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .1 | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, Overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Atelectasis | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Congenital Malformation | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 |
Premature birth | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
Other causes | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
52 | 43 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
T 95 | 32 | T 18 | 21 | t 24 |