Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The fifth annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1893
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| Cause of Death. | Ages. | Total under 5 years. | Total 5 years & up wards | Grand Total at all ages. | registration sub-district. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & upwards | Dock-Yard. | Arsenal. | |||||
| I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| No Statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 14 | 11 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Simple, Continued, or Ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Enteric or Typhoid | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentry | 20 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 26 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 12 | |
| 3,—Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cow-pox and Effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases (e.q. Hydrophobia, Glanders, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Splenic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of the Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | . . | |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pyaemia Septicaemia | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |