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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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TABLE II.
Deaths Registered during the Calendar Year 1919, classified by age and cause.
| Causes op Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | |
| A11 causes | 1679 | 235 | 38 | 47 | 75 | 99 | 265 | 426 | 494 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. |
| Small-pox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Measles | 7 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 28 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Influenza | 124 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 56 | 20 | 11 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 171 | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | 38 | 72 | 43 | 7 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 157 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 | 80 | 62 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meningitis | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. |
| Organic Heart Disease | 164 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 64 | 68 |
| Bronchitis | 114 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 72 |