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Woolwich 1896

The eighth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1896

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TABLE I.— Continued.

Cause of Death.Ages.Total under 5 .years.Total 5 years and upwards.Grand Total at all ages.Registration sub-districts
Under 1 Year.1 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Dockyard.Arsenal.
1-specific febrile, or zymotic diseases.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small PoxVaccinated.............................................
Unvaccinated................................................
Not stated................................................
Measles12564........................684724032
Scarlet Fever...612.....................63945
Typhus................................................
Whooping Cough129...........................21...21417
Diphtheria31512........................1813311813
Simple, Continued, or III-defined Fever...1...........................1...11...
Enteric or Typhoid......11........................22...2
Influenza31...............13......44835
Other Miasmatic Diseases................................................
2.—Diarrheal Diseases.
Simple Cholera................................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery294...............11......332351322
3.—Malarial Diseases.
Remittent Fever................................................
Ague................................................
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cow Pox and Effects of Vaccination................................................
Other Diseases (e.g. Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever)................................................
5.—Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis2...............1.........2i3...3
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of the Urethra................................................
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas1........................1...112...2
Pyaemia and Septicaemia...............1......1.........2211
Puerperal Fever................................................