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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TABLE V.
Camparative Tables of Deaths during the years 1892 and 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to Diseases, distinguishing those under 5 years and those, over 5 years of age.
| District. | Year. | Age. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Influenza. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. , | Croup (not Spasmodic.) | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea and Dysentry. | Cholera. | Rheumatic Fever. | Erysipelas. | Pyaemia. | Puerperal Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis,Pneu monia & Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries, &c. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Other or Doubtful. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woolwich Dockyard | 1892 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | .. | 2 | 75 | 131 | ||
| Over 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 63 | 27 | 11 | 108 | 267 | |||||||||||
| 1893 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 11 | 8 | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | .. | 3 | 83 | 160 | |||
| Over 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 33 | 53 | 13 | 14 | 100 | 241 | ||||
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1892 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 33 | .. | 7 | 94 | 162 | ||
| Over 5 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 53 | 58 | 32 | 18 | 99 | 276 | ||||
| 1893 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | .. | 7 | 88 | 155 | |||
| Over 5 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 53 | 54 | 33 | 20 | 112 | 292 | ||||
| Total | 1892 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 62 | .. | 9 | 169 | 293 | ||
| Over 5 | .. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 87 | 121 | 59 | 29 | 207 | 543 | ||||
| 1893 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | .. | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 53 | .. | 10 | 171 | 315 | |||
| Over 5 | 3 | 8 | .. | 0 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 86 | 107 | 46 | 34 | 212 | 533 | ||||
| Deaths occurring outside the District amongst persons belonging thereto | 1892 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | 1 | 8 | 23 | ||
| Over 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 71 | 169 | |||||
| 1893 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | |||
| Over 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 39 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 163 | ||||
| Deaths occurring within the District amongst persons not belonging | 1892 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Over 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| 1893 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
| Over 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||