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Woolwich 1893

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 & PleurisyHeart Disease.Injuries, &c.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Other or Doubtful.
Woolwich Dockyard1892Under 5....452..5......................29..275131
Over 5712210121134632711108267
1893Under 5..2118..28......15......2....125..383160
Over 523..31......4..6..2232..33531314100241
Woolwich Arsenal1892Under 5..2112....1..1..9............233..794162
Over 5..7........1..4..2..1..1....5358321899276
1893Under 5....323..11......11....1........28..788155
Over 515..22..1..1..1..5....2..53543320112292
Total1892Under 5..21572..6..1..18............262..9169293
Over 5..14122..2..10..3..1221..871215929207543
1893Under 5..214103..19......26....12....153..10171315
Over 538..03..1..5..7..7234..861074634212533
Deaths occurring outside the District amongst persons belonging thereto1892Under 5......71..........................0..1823
Over 5..2..1......5................392620471169
1893Under 5....17..................................513
Over 532..11......2..1..111....392610768163
Deaths occurring within the District amongst persons not belonging1892Under 5....................1..............1..226
Over 5..................................24111624
1893Under 5..........................................22
Over 5..................................2229318